# No Worker Left Behind: Labor's Plan for the AI Era

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Podcast: [Solidarity Works](https://stenobird.com/podcast/solidarity-works-528781)
Published: 2025-11-26T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, how we communicate, and how we live — but who's making sure workers aren't left behind? In the latest episode of Solidarity Works, we sit down with Ed Wytkind, Interim Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Technology Institute, to talk about the federation's new Workers First Initiative on AI. The initiative lays out a bold plan to make sure technology serves people — not the other way around — by putting worker voices at the center of innovation, bargaining, and public policy. From protecting jobs and privacy to creating new opportunities for skill building and organizing, we explore what a fair and democratic AI future could look like when labor leads the way. To learn more about the Workers First Initiative on AI, visit aflciotechinstitute.org . Music in today's episode is by Ketsa.

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