"National union leaders, including the head of one of California's largest labor organizations, on Wednesday urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect workers as artificial intelligence threatens to replace or surveil employees - and warned that a failure to do so could hurt his presidential ambitions. "This is a priority for the entire nation," Lorena Gonzalez, president of the California Federation of Labor Unions, said at a news conference near the state Capitol."
""He cannot spend his time waiting to be done in California and think he's not going to get questions about the true issues surrounding AI, Big Tech and the Big Tech billionaires that are trying to buy our government." Gonzalez, a former state lawmaker from San Diego, said the federation is sponsoring a package of new bills aimed at reining in the use of AI and protecting the rights of workers, including safeguards against spying in the workplace and restrictions on layoffs."
National and state labor leaders pressed for legal protections as artificial intelligence threatens job displacement and pervasive workplace surveillance. Labor organizations proposed bills to require human review before any algorithmic decision justifies employee discipline or termination, mandate a 90-day notice to workers and government entities ahead of AI-driven layoffs affecting 25 or more workers or 25% of a workforce, and limit invasive monitoring, including in bathrooms. Union leaders pointed to recent tech-sector layoffs as urgency for statutory safeguards. The governor's office characterized California's approach to AI as the most comprehensive and worker-centered in the country.
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