Release Date: September 30, 2026  Press Contact: Shubhangi Domokos, shubhangi@calaborfed.org  Governor Gavin Newsom Signs California Federation of Labor Unions’ Sponsored Bills Regulating AI in the Wo...

Tim Suitter knows change is coming to Bath Iron Works, creeping up the adjacent Kennebec River in Maine like a foreboding fog.

Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.

NEW YORK--After months of intense negotiations and in the absence of any meaningful federal and state rules governing artificial intelligence in schools, AFT President Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Micros...

The AFL-CIO Technology Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2021 to bring the voices of working people into technology development, research, and innovation policy. The Institute is seeki...

The US government’s experimentation with AI in rulemaking carries the risk that actions associated with the technology may be overturned in court, former federal officials warn.

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As artificial intelligence threatens to destabilize the working lives of millions of Americans, workers across the country are increasingly turning to unions to demand protections — and new polling su...

(PDF) Across the country, states are working to create guardrails that will protect workers and the public from the harms that AI can present in the workplace.These bills and laws create commonsense r...

The AFL-CIO released new polling today, showing that more than 90% of working people favor job and privacy protections from artificial intelligence (AI) and overwhelmingly trust unions—over either pol...

Updated June 5, 2026: Attempts to ban state regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) are dangerous and pose a significant threat to working people who are dealing with an onslaught of AI without app...

Collective bargaining can preserve jobs, pay and worker input as AI spreads.

AFL-CIO supports the Congressional Review Act resolution (S.J.Res. 198) to end the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) demonstration program in Medicare.

Twenty-six employees of Meta ‌Platforms have filed a novel lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical le...

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Union leaders and activists from around the country are gathering in Minneapolis for our 30th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention. Chapters: 0:00 10:34 - Program Begins, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler 11:08 - Omar Faruk Osman General Secretary, Federatio...

AI layoffs 2026 led all stated reasons for US job cuts for an unprecedented fourth straight month as tech companies eliminated 139,156 workers — up 83% year over year — while committing 700 billion do...

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By Sarah Wofford

AI-obsessed executives and managers are creating a distinct new type of toxic work environment for the slop era, workers told us.

The AFL-CIO released new polling today, showing that more than 90% of working people favor job and privacy protections from artificial intelligence (AI) and overwhelmingly trust unions—over either pol...