Information and Resources on AI for Unions and Union Leaders

On October 15, the AFL-CIO released the historic Workers First Initiative on AI. These first-of-their-kind AI principles express workers’ concerns and aspirations toward the development and adoption of AI in our workplaces and communities. They reflect the labor movement’s commitment to protecting workers from unsafe, unethical, anti-worker, and discriminatory AI applications. As the public overwhelmingly calls for government action to protect against harmful uses of AI, these principles provide a blueprint for responsible innovation.

The AFL-CIO and other labor groups are working with state legislators across the nation to advance AI regulations designed to protect workers.

New contract includes a provision for nurses to review any artificial intelligence technology before it’s implemented.

The article reveals how Amazon uses AI-driven surveillance to monitor and control workers, reducing autonomy and increasing pressure. It also shows how these tools are used to undermine union organizing efforts.

Assemblymember Mia Bonta introduced bill AB 489 -- would protect Californians from AI systems that misrepresent themselves as healthcare professionals. Bill is sponspored by SEIU California & the California Medical Association.

CDS software that is intended to provide recommendations to a health care professional and allows the health care professional to independently review the basis for the recommendations, and CDS software that purports to diagnose patients or create treatment plans directly. The Cures Act exempts the former from the definition of medical device. This distinction allows the FDA to steer clear of regulating health care professional practice, which is National Nurses United Response to NIST AI Executive Order RFI

California nurses protested the rapid deployment of untested AI in hospitals, demanding involvement in its implementation. The action emphasized protecting patient safety and maintaining quality care amid AI adoption.

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The article examines how AI adoption in workplaces can threaten labor rights through surveillance and job displacement. It highlights the role of unions in advocating for transparency, worker protections, and fair implementation of AI.

A survey by National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, found that artificial intelligence technology (A.I.) often contradicts and undermines nurses’ own clinical judgment and threatens patient safety. The findings, coupled with anecdotal reports from nurses at hospitals nationwide, underscore the urgent need for stricter regulation and greater input from nurses and health care staff on whether and how A.I. is deployed.

NVIDIA announced an initiative to collab with a medical Ai startup to create AI nurses that would be availble to patients for $9 an hour

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