CWA Convenes Unions, Researchers on AI and the Future of Work at Global Conference

Last week, CWA, along with the AFL-CIO Technology Institute and the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations, held a conference on AI and the Future of Work on Cornell’s campus in Ithaca, N.Y. Representatives from more than twenty unions, from the U.S. and globally, convened with academic researchers to discuss the impact of AI on workers across various industries, occupations, and countries and strategize about how to increase worker power over the design and adoption of AI.

Conference attendees engaged in workshops to share experiences with collective bargaining, worker organizing, and policy frameworks related to AI in the workplace. The conference built upon the AI Principles published by CWA in December 2023.

 
CWA local leaders joined other union representatives and academic researchers from around the world for discussions about how to challenge corporate abuses of AI that harm workers. In this picture, they showed their solidarity with CWA members on strike against AT&T Southeast.