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Commentator: Employers use AI fears to suppress wages

A commentator named Kelly suggested that employers are leveraging fears of AI and a challenging economy to suppress wage demands from workers. This perspective implies that companies are capitalizing on employee anxieties about job security and economic uncertainty to avoid increasing compensation. AI

IMPACT Suggests AI-related job security fears are being exploited by employers to limit wage growth.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a commentator discussing economic and employment trends related to AI.

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Commentator: Employers use AI fears to suppress wages

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · knowprose ·

    ...“They think this is a scary economy,” Kelly said of workers. “They think they’re threatened by AI and they don’t have the guts, basically, to ask for a wage

    ...“They think this is a scary economy,” Kelly said of workers. “They think they’re threatened by AI and they don’t have the guts, basically, to ask for a wage increase or to demand a wage increase in this economy.”... https:// gizmodo.com/cnbc-accidentally- admits-why-employers-…