TRADE UNIONS IN TRANSFORMATION 4.0 LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BANKING ON TRAINING AND PENSIONS How a Uruguayan union negotiates automation in the financial sector Lucía Pittaluga, Soledad Giudice, Aníbal Peluffo and Natalia Otero With the collaboration of Agustín Correa and Federico Lacaño September 2020 The Bank Employees Associa­tion of Uruguay(AEBU by Spanish acronym) understood the risks the automation pro­cess posed to its affiliates early on and decided to implement a strategy in favor of defend­ing employment rather than specific jobs. In bipartite and tripartite bar­gaining spaces, it bet firmly on workers training and change management through negoti­ations. To secure the finances of the sector’s social security institute in the face of declin­ing employment it negotiated »robot-tax«-like technolo­gy-related contributions from the employers.