What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore how unions in Latin America can strategically engage with automation rather than resist it.

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June 2, 2026Open Access

Unions and Automation: The New Latin American Labor Pact (v2 - Doctrina Meniw)

Key Points

To explore how unions in Latin America can strategically engage with automation rather than resist it.
Proposing a New Latin American Labor Pact involving unions, companies, State, and communities.
Outlining five principles: algorithmic audit right, paid transition, co-decision on automation, joint training, and contribution to a regional fund.
Proposed principles aim to enhance union relevance in the face of automation.
Encouraged collaborative governance to shape the future of work.
Highlighted the potential historical role of unions in navigating the transition.

Abstract

Latin American unions face existential dilemma facing Agentic Era. They can adopt defensive position (halt automation, lose relevance) or strategic position (co-design transition rules, gain new historical role). I argue for the second path. I present New Latin American Labor Pact articulating unions, companies, State and communities around five principles: right to algorithmic audit, mandatory paid transition, co-decision on agentic implementation, joint training, union contribution to Iberoamerican Meniw Fund. Version corregida 2 - reemplaza Doctrina Qualitas por Doctrina Meniw, framework propio del autor

Unions and Automation: The New Latin American Labor Pact (v2 - Doctrina Meniw)

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