Leaders across the aisle see what working people already know: new technology can strengthen our economy and workplaces. But it has to raise standards, not erode them. That means worker voices, real guardrails, and accountability in how AI is used on the job.

“AI can support innovation, new industries, and expanded opportunity, but its impact will ultimately be determined by the working people whose skill and judgment put those tools to use,” Sen. Kelly and Rep. Fitzpatrick wrote, in backing the @AFLCIO's AI Principles. fedscoop.com/federal-ai-p...

Workers aren’t anti-tech. But no one should be surveilled, discriminated against, or fired by an algorithm. As AI reshapes our jobs, unions are stepping up to set the rules and protect workers’ rights where policymakers won’t.

There is no worker or industry that AI and new tech don’t or won’t touch. Every job is now a technology job. At the Workers First AI Summit, working people came together to chart a path forward for an AI future that respects workers’ rights and protects our jobs and freedoms.

A top-down approach to implementing AI systems in the workplace leaves workers behind. Learn more about why working people must have a voice in shaping the development and adoption of technologies in their workplaces and communities: aflciotechinstitute.org/policy/AIHar...

No matter what industry you work in, every working person will feel the impact of AI, including those in transportation jobs. @ttdaflcio.bsky.social President Greg Regan is right: we need guardrails to make sure this new tech doesn’t undermine our safety and protects our rights and our jobs.

Is your boss deploying AI into your workplace without input from you or your coworkers? Learn how unchecked AI can threaten workers' rights and well-being and why worker input is so crucial when it comes to technology at your workplace: aflciotechinstitute.org/policy/AIHar...

There’s no worker in this country who won’t be impacted by AI and new tech. Join AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social at National Press Club where she’ll discuss the impact of AI on working people and guardrails to protect our jobs, rights and freedoms. Get tickets: https://bit.ly/4bJKSSG

AI is less regulated than sandwich shops. That’s a problem. There is no industry and no job that AI won’t touch. That’s why working people’s voices need to be heard—and why we need AI guardrails now to protect our jobs, our rights and our freedoms.

Every time our economy transforms—every time we take these great technological leaps forward, working people are the ones who shape that future, so it works for all of us. The labor movement is ready to build a future of work that works for all working people.

As AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond said, we’ve seen tech firms push AI products that have threatened people’s health, safety, privacy and rights. Workers are scared about their futures. Job loss and AI adoption isn’t inevitable. We can protect our jobs and freedoms.

The labor movement is not anti-tech. We’re anti-greed. We’re against tech being used against us, without our input or consent. The decisions we make on A.I. now will impact us 50 years down the road. That’s why we’re fighting for guardrails—to protect our jobs and our freedoms.

We need a workers-first AI agenda that says: NO, you can’t surveil us. NO, you can’t steal our data. NO, you can’t discriminate against us or fire us because a machine said so. We can create a future where our job sites are fair and workers have a voice at the table.

The entertainment industry has been on the front lines of the fight for AI guardrails. From deep fakes, to voice-overs, AI poses a risk to our intellectual property and our privacy rights. Bringing workers into the conversation on how to use AI at work helps protect our rights.

A workers’ first AI agenda means giving workers a voice to decide how new tech is used in the workplace. It means training our workers to be prepared for AI on the job. It means protecting our civil rights and our jobs—that’s the future America’s unions are fighting for.

Was great to share research on how workers are experiencing automated management and surveillance at the @aflciotech.bsky.social summit! Feeling inspired by the great labor focus on how workers can help steer design and implementation of AI tools in the workplace!

1/ Our fellow for Policy and Advocacy, Megan Rivera, and visiting fellow Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (@awhf.bsky.social) spoke today @aflciotech.bsky.social's Workers First AI Summit, highlighting Equitable Growth's investments in AI research.

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “There is no worker, no industry that [AI and new tech] doesn’t touch. Every job is now a technology job… We’re at the most important fork in the road our economy has faced in 100 years.”

The economy is at a crossroads. We face getting surveilled, discriminated against, or fired using AI, or we fight for a future that works for all of us, where we can use this tech to build prosperity for ALL of us. That’s what workers face. America’s unions are ready to fight.

Welcome to the Workers First AI Summit! America’s unions and partners are gathering today to discuss how AI and new technology will impact our jobs, rights and freedoms, and the power that working people have to shape their workplaces.

Employers are rapidly adopting AI systems to perform job functions. Learn how these systems can harm workers if left unregulated and without proper worker input: aflciotechinstitute.org/policy/AIHar...

AI should benefit everyone, not just tech billionaires and corporate shareholders. At the Workers First AI Summit, working people will come together to fight for AI safety guardrails and to make sure our jobs and rights are protected from Big Tech. https://workersfirstai.org/

What does it mean to put workers first in an AI economy? Tomorrow at @aflciotech.bsky.social's AI Summit, D&S Executive Director Janet Haven will be part of a panel discussing how government use of AI, AI efficiency narratives, and workplace surveillance impact workers — and what the remedies are.

Can’t wait to bring together America’s unions, policy experts, and philanthropy leaders on March 26 for the Workers First AI Summit to discuss strong AI guardrails that protect our jobs, rights and freedoms. Learn more: https://workersfirstai.org/

AI should deliver progress for workers, not just profits for big tech CEOs. Working people are coming together at the Workers First AI Summit to make sure our rights, jobs and freedoms are protected so we can actually benefit from emerging AI tech.

Workers and unions have been VERY concerned about DOGE’s access to our sensitive Social Security info for over a year. Not only did they jeopardize data for over 300 million people, a former DOGE employee apparently tried to take that data to a new job. DOGE is reckless. They must go.

Hat tip to our incredible team advocating for guardrails around the use of AI! We're grateful to the students in Yale Law School's Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic who are conducting research, writing amendments, and advocating for workers' rights at the State Capitol!

Working without A.I. protections is risky business. SAG-AFTRA’s Commercials Contract comes with world-class A.I. guardrails. SAG-AFTRA = strong A.I. protections #AdsGoUnion

When it comes to AI, we need a key demanding coalition to keep humanity at the center of the technology. We’ve been on parallel tracks with others pushing common-sense guardrails to protect students, families & communities. If the govt won’t act, the people have to. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

"Workers across the economy are being subjected to invasive and dehumanizing monitoring." AFL-CIO Tech Institute Executive Director Lauren McFerran on how Burger King’s new AI headset is part of a trend toward workplace surveillance: www.cnet.com/tech/service... #LaborRights

HHS can’t let industry write the rules for AI in clinical care. The @AFLCIO & @AFLCIOTech are calling for an approach to healthcare innovation that centers patients and workers. #AIguardrails Read our full letter: aflciotechinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

We're excited to welcome former NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran as the new Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Tech Institute, where she will lead efforts to develop worker-centered AI policy guardrails at a critical moment for the future of work. aflciotechinstitute.org/news-media/l...

"We have learned to fly the air like birds...but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers." — MLK. As we face a new era of AI, we must bridge the gap between tech progress and worker justice. Technology must serve humanity, not the other way around. #BHM

In a new Washingtonian feature, CDT President & CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens lays out why AI governance isn’t about politics — it’s about protecting people. From deepfakes to discriminatory algorithms, she makes the case for smart, bipartisan rules of the road.

This is nuts: Baltimore Sun guild @baltsunguild.bsky.social reporting that management ran an entire half printed page of AI-generated "analysis" of the governor's State of the State address

The longtime host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” is suing Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in the company’s NotebookLM tool is based on him.

"Technology is the collective creation of the people." Labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph knew that the fruits of innovation belong to workers who build it—not just billionaires who own it. We’re fighting for Worker Voice in AI R&D. #BHM aflcio.org/reports/work...

Companies are putting us at risk with half-baked AI. Whether on the factory floor or the operating room, we all need guardrails on the use of AI systems to protect our jobs, our freedoms and our lives.

Technology should make work better, not worse. That's why we helped develop the @aflcio.org Workers First Initiative on AI—principles to ensure AI benefits everyone, not just tech billionaires. Working people deserve a voice in the future of work: aflcio.org/2025/10/15/a...

Congratulations to Slate Media editorial staff who are @wgaeast.bsky.social members on their new union contract that establishes guard rails around AI, guarantees raises, increases salary minimums, provides for 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and more. deadline.com/2026/01/slat...

@wgaeast.bsky.social members at Hearst are fighting for a fair contract with better wages, AI protections and more. But management has refused to address workers’ concerns. Workers need your support. Tell Hearst Magazines executives: agree to a fair contract now!

Speed shouldn't be the priority for life-or-death decisions as the nation's transit safety regulator. We must get safety rules right, not fast. AI shouldn't substitute for the judgment of the dedicated staff at DOT who keep us safe. www.propublica.org/article/trum...