“The Culinary Union has negotiated new automation and technology language in our latest five-year agreements,” says Secretary-Treasurer Geoconda Arguello Kline. “The language is innovative and we are the first union in the United States (and probably the world) that has such groundbreaking technology language that will protect workers. The automation and technology language ensures that workers have a say in how technology is implemented in their jobs, clear goals on retraining and retention, and that any layoffs are done in order by seniority with each worker having recall rights if ever jobs are available again in the future.”