No Robo Bosses: We're Joining the Week of Action for SB947

Are you tired of AI screeners rejecting your job application before a human being has ever had a chance to view your resume? This week we're joining the California Labor Federation in their week of action for SB947 — the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026 — to fight against the indiscriminate use of Automated Decision Systems (ADS) in workplace surveillance, hiring, and management.

What SB947 Would Do

From productivity and behavior monitoring, to pay and compensation decisions, to hiring and HR, automated decision systems have spread across nearly every dimension of how employers manage workers. This landmark legislation, currently in the Labor Committee of the California State Senate, would prevent employers from relying solely on ADS to make disciplinary or termination decisions, conduct predictive behavior analysis, or take adverse action against workers for exercising their legal rights. Put simply: it would require a human being to be in the loop.

• Prohibits termination or discipline based solely on automated systems
• Bans predictive behavior analysis without human review
• Prevents adverse action against workers who exercise legal rights, when that action is algorithmically triggered
• Requires human oversight of AI systems used in hiring, compensation, and performance management

One Worker's Story

Dean Grey was laid off from his Associate Engineer role at InfoSys last year after complaining about the ways he was being asked to train AI to replace his own work.

InfoSys used my employment and others from Revature to refine their AI programs that would ultimately make us unnecessary. My job search challenges are closely tied to the rapid shift in the industry toward AI-driven development.

After completing his training at Revature, Dean accepted a subcontractor role where he expected to use his engineering skills. Instead, he was asked to annotate data and review tasks to help automate entry-level work at his new company. Dean is part of a growing cohort of early career workers in tech facing a broken career ladder due to AI automation. The skills people typically develop in the first years of a job are now being made redundant — so how can workers like Dean gain the experience needed to reach mid and senior level positions?

Fighting Back Technically: Battle of the Machines

Legislation is one front. Technical skills are another. This week, volunteer Simon McGraw is demoing how to run a local LLM on your own machine to build a resume-builder tool designed to navigate ADS filters and automated resume screeners. Simon leads our WWW Tech Worker Cooperative for freelancers and laid-off workers seeking benefits and legal protections while doing contract work.

If you're a job seeker who has experienced the strange loop of AI-generated resumes battling against AI screeners, or if you've faced increased productivity demands due to algorithmic management, we want to hear from you. Your story makes a real difference in our collective ability to fight for change.