The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of unions in the United States, representing millions of American workers. Recent coverage focuses on AI in the workplace: the federation calls AI "the single biggest threat to working people of our lifetime," President Liz Shuler said the threats are real and daily, and the New Jersey AFL-CIO backed the FAIR Act (S-4075/A-4981) to regulate workplace AI as 7,000 Chicago hotel workers voted to authorize a strike.
US Labor Calls AI an Existential Threat to WorkersThe AFL-CIO calls AI 'the single biggest threat to working people of our lifetime' and is taking action. 7,000 Chicago hotel workers voted to authorize a strike, while New Jersey launched a first-in-the-nation AI training program to help workers adapt.
NJ AFL-CIO backs FAIR Act to regulate AI in the workplaceThe New Jersey AFL-CIO announced support for the FAIR Act (S-4075/A-4981), sponsored by Sen. Andrew Zwicker and Assemblywoman Heather Simmons, which sets worker protections as AI reshapes workplaces. Nearly half of employed New Jerseyans already use AI at work, and more than half of U.S. workers worry about its future use, including surveillance, discrimination, privacy and job security.
AFL-CIO president: AI threats to workers need no doomsday warningAFL-CIO President Liz Shuler spoke about AI in the workplace, saying it inflicts very real threats on workers every day and that it shouldn't require doomsday warnings to wake up to them.
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