"I don't think you're going to have a lot of motivation to walk precincts for somebody who won't engage working class voters on the very things that are taking away their jobs," Gonzalez said of Newsom's widely expected 2028 presidential run."
"'If we hurt the bottom line then that's also going to hurt the state and I wouldn't want to be the governor who caused a recession especially if I may be running for a federal office,' said Julie Salley, a consultant on the state assembly Consumer Privacy and Protection Committee, in comments to a group of students Tuesday ."
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler, California Labor Federation president Lorena Gonzalez, and leaders from four state labor federations urged Governor Newsom to address artificial intelligence's impact on workers and tied AI policy to electoral support. The California Labor Federation demands statewide rules including limits on managerial use of predictive AI, advance notice for AI-driven layoffs, and restrictions on workplace surveillance. Unions signaled willingness to withhold campaign support from candidates who do not engage working-class concerns. California faces a projected $18 billion budget deficit and growing reliance on AI-related tax revenue while tech companies form PACs supporting pro-AI candidates. Several union-backed AI bills were vetoed or failed to pass.
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