Shaping the Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Jobs and Working People
BACKGROUND MATERIALS
Tuesday, October 29 – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
AGU Conference Center – 2000 Florida Ave, NW – Washington DC 20009
AGENDA
Agenda
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8:30 am ET |
Gather & Coffee |
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9:00 am |
Introductions and objectives |
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9:15 – 10:30 am |
Workforce and jobs impacts and narratives – creating benefits, avoiding disruption, shaping transition |
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Panel: Learnings from latest research, organizing and deployment o Austin Brown, UC Davis ITS o Sam Loesche, Intl Brotherhood of Teamsters o JB Tengco, BlueGreen Alliance CA |
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Discussion: Do we have a shared economic/automation & jobs narrative? o Facilitator: Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute |
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Key policy opportunities: Economic, labor, workforce, equity |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:45 – 11:45 am |
Impact of business models and technology deployment models on public outcomes – Part 1 – Shaping transportation systems for public benefit |
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Panel: research, organizing, deployment o Adam Cohen, UC Berkeley TSRC o Michael McCall-Delgado, Amalgamated Transit Union o Steve Viscelli, University of Pennsylvania |
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Discussion: What are the potential futures of passenger transportation? How do we influence them for better outcomes for working people? o Facilitator: Michelle Romero, Green for All |
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Policy: Transportation, infrastructure & planning, community benefits & investment |
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11:45 am |
Break |
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Noon – 1:15 pm |
WORKING LUNCH Updates from related forums – opportunities to collaborate, amplify · Katie Corrigan, AFL-CIO · Zoe Lipman, BlueGreen Alliance · Your initiative here… |
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1:15 – 1:45 pm |
Additional opportunities to enhance collaboration, organizing, communication |
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1:45 pm |
Break |
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2:00 – 2:45 pm |
Impact of business models and technology deployment models on public outcomes – Part 2 – Shaping technology deployment and innovation |
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Panel: Research, organizing, deployment o Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University o Steve Beers, United Auto Workers o Jennifer Fortunati, Transportation For America |
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Discussion Part B: Integrating automation and people, shaping innovation & deployment |
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Policy: Innovation policy, Public benefits, Regulatory design |
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2:45 pm |
Break |
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3:00 – 4:00 pm |
Policy drill-down: Policy status and priorities |
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Structured follow up discussion of near term policy opportunities o Federal o State/ Regional o Local/Municipal |
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4:00 – 4:30 pm |
Wrap up, next steps and close |
Recent reports, materials:
Panel 1:
Historical Perspectives on Managing Automation and Other Disruptions in Transportation
From the book Empowering the New Mobility Workforce (edited by Dr. Tyler Reeb), Chapter 1,
Authors: Austin Brown, Hannah Safford, Daniel Sperling | 2019, book chapter only
Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained: Workforce Transitions in a Time of Automation
Report, December 2017 |McKinsey Manufacturing Practice – the McKinsey Global Institute
Authors: James Manyika, Susan Lund, Michael Chui, Jacques Bughin, Jonathan Woetzel, Parul Batra, Ryan Ko, Saurabh Sanghvi
Link to executive summary:
Stick Shift: Autonomous Vehicles, Driving Jobs, and the Future of Work
Center for Global Policy Solutions, 2017
Authors: Dr. Algernon Austin, Ms. Cherrie Bucknor, Mr. Kevin Cashman, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore
Link to executive summary and policy recommendations webpage
Understanding the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Report, June 2018 | W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Author: Susan N. Houseman
Interview about this report in the Washington Post; functions as an executive summary:
Panel 2:
Where are Self-Driving Cars Taking Us?
Union of Concerned Scientists, 2019
Authors: Richard Ezike, Jeremy Martin, Katherine Catalano, Jesse Cohn
Link to executive summary
Working lunch:
Report of the AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions
AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions, 2019
The BlueGreen Alliance, 2019
Maximizing the Benefits of Self-Driving Vehicles: Principles for Public Policy
Union of Concerned Scientists, February 2018
DRIVERLESS? Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, University of California, Berkeley, and Working Partnerships USA, September 2018
Author: Steve Viscelli
Panel 3:
Who Profits from Industry 4.0?
Author: Susan Helper, Raphael Martins, Robert Seamans, 2018
Shorter version of SAFE report on employment issues, Is a driverless future also jobless
Principles for the Transit Workforce in Automated Vehicle Legislation and Regulation
Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO, 2019
Letter to Congress on AV Legislation
Transportation for America, and many others, 2019
Complements or Substitutes? Firm-LevelManagement of Labor and Technology
Presentation by Susan Helper