Artificial intelligence (AI)

Unbalanced labor market power is what makes technology—including AI—threatening to workers: The best “AI policy” to protect workers is boosting their bargaining position

Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer · March 28, 2024

A worker-centered approach to policy in the era of AI

· October 3, 2024

A Pro-Worker AI Policy Playbook

The Economic Policy Institute, the AFL-CIO Tech Institute, We Build Progress, and Workshop explore comprehensive federal policy frameworks around AI and workers.
Workshop We Build Progress AFL-CIO Tech Institute

 

AI—Making employee disempowerment new again

Ben Zipperer, Josh Bivens, and Samantha Sanders · May 7, 2026
Warehouse worker with neon yellow vest walking between aisles of boxes. She is being watched by a robot.