‘Are You With Us, the Workers, Or Are You With the Big Tech Billionaires?’

POLITICO · Victoria Guida · 2026-11-02 10:00 UTC

"We need a comprehensive worker-centered approach to AI," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in an interview. "So if lawmakers aren’t going to do it, then we’re going to do it."

"We need a comprehensive worker-centered approach to AI," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in an interview. "So if lawmakers aren’t going to do it, then we’re going to do it."

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler attends a press conference on federal workforce rights outside the U.S. Capitol on March 28, 2025. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies shaping the American economy and is closely read by policymakers and business executives.

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