Hi John,

As corporations speed up their use of artificial intelligence (AI), workers are at a dangerous crossroads every day.

Workers want strong protections and real accountability from tech companies to stop the unsafe, unethical use of AI before it’s too late. That’s why state lawmakers across the country have been working on guardrails that protect workers’ jobs, safety and civil liberties, and prevent discrimination or the theft of people’s work in all 50 states.

The problem?

In the “big, ugly” budget reconciliation bill that could be passed this week in the U.S. Senate, lawmakers snuck in a provision that would ban the creation or enforcement of all current or fuit iture state and local AI safety rules for the next 10 years.

Think how much AI use has exploded and changed in just the past 10 months—and imagine what the world could look like in 10 years without strong safeguards. This provision is a gift to Big Tech companies and greedy employers to maximize profits at the expense of our future.

Working people need AI safety rules to stop anti-worker use of AI on the job and in our lives. Call your senators and tell them to remove this dangerous provision from their budget bill, and stop trying to weaken AI safety rules.

Working people are facing a future where AI systems decide whether or not we get a job, control our workload, and even determine the quality of our medical care. But when pressed, AI developers admit that their models often “hallucinate”—or make things up—which could have life-changing or even life-threatening consequences.

If passed, this AI safety ban would be a massive overreach by the federal government, especially at a time when our lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are already failing to protect working families with AI safety guardrails.

Here’s the bottom line: America’s workers want more oversight and accountability of AI technology—not less.

Call your senators today and tell them not to weaken crucial AI provisions.

In solidarity,

Team AFL-CIO

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