{"id":276343,"date":"2026-06-19T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/bloomberg-law-speaks-with-uc-law-professor-about-growing-tensions-in-organized-labor-over-the-growth-of-data-centers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:20:13","slug":"bloomberg-law-speaks-with-uc-law-professor-about-growing-tensions-in-organized-labor-over-the-growth-of-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/bloomberg-law-speaks-with-uc-law-professor-about-growing-tensions-in-organized-labor-over-the-growth-of-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg Law speaks with UC Law professor about growing tensions in organized labor over the growth of data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloomberg Law speaks with UC Law professor about growing tensions in organized labor over the growth of data centers<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/articles\/2026\/06\/n21415243.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-19 15:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.uc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Bloomberg Law reports that the growth of data centers to power artificial intelligence is exposing a tension within organized labor on how the new technology will affect their jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Construction of those centers could benefit union members in the skilled trades and construction industry while other unions representing other private and public sector workers raise concerns over future job loss to AI. The divide is seen in the AFL-CIO, the nation\u2019s largest federation of labor unions and its affiliates over the issue.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg Law spoke with Anne Lofaso, a professor in the Donald P. Klekamp College of Law, along with other industry observers about the divide. Lofaso, a former attorney with the National Labor Relations Board, teaches labor law, employment law, employment discrimination law, and constitutional law<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AFL-CIO kind of always has this tension because the unions have very different interests,\u201d Lofaso told Bloomberg Law. \u201cBut this truly is existential. This is about jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The North America\u2019s Building Trades Unions, one of the AFL-CIO\u2019s largest members, has been one of the most vocal champions of data centers that its leaders say will provide jobs, reports Bloomberg Law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese aren\u2019t the only things that are being built in the United States or Canada right now, but this is where a lot of the action is,\u201d Mike Monroe, chief of staff at NABTU, told Bloomberg Law. His organization represents more than 3 million building trade workers in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

In April, about a half-dozen union leaders affiliated with the AFL-CIO stood with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) when he asked Congress to pass a moratorium on data center construction until lawmakers passed guardrails on artificial intelligence in the workplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The dispute reflects the wave of pushback over the impact of the more than 4,000 data centers across the country used to power AI, reports Bloomberg Law.<\/p>\n

Data center construction is becoming an increasingly…<\/p>\n

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