Artificial Intelligence: Principles to Protect Workers
AFL-CIO
October 2025
This report from the AFL-CIO highlights the need for carefully incorporating AI into workplaces to protect workers and give workers a voice in its implementation. The report includes information about:
- strengthening labor rights,
- broadening opportunities for collective bargaining,
- advancing guardrails against harmful AI uses,
- promoting intellectual property protections,
- developing worker-centered workforce development and trainings,
- institutionalizing worker voice,
- requiring transparency,
- modeling best practices for AI use,
- and protecting workers’ civil rights.
Related Topics:
AI Preparedness, Policy and Planning