CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. Represents CWA at AFL-CIO AI Symposium

CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. (pictured above, at left) joined a panel last week to discuss the implications of burgeoning artificial intelligence and its threats to workers. The AFL-CIO Tech Institute held the Workers First AI Summit, focused on the impacts of AI on workers. CWA is leading the labor movement with groundbreaking contract protections against abuses of artificial intelligence used for surveillance, discipline, and content generation.

To the question of AI in workers’ everyday lives President Cummings responded, “The same flawed AI that surveils and manages people at work is being used to decide their credit scores or whether they are approved for a mortgage. Unregulated AI is not just a job issue; it's a civil and human rights issue. Without transparency, human oversight, and guardrails, we risk flawed AI being used to shape a person’s everyday life.

“Collective bargaining over AI tools across workplaces, supported by government regulations, is vital for protecting people as individuals and members of communities, not just as employees.”

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