{"id":848,"date":"2026-05-12T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=848"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:43:23","slug":"us-workers-overwhelmingly-support-union-backed-policies-on-ai-poll-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for<\/p>\n<p>US workers overwhelmingly support pro-worker policies on artificial intelligence (AI) and view labor unions as the most reliable protectors of workers from the effects of AI, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/aflcio.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-05\/DBR_AFLCIO_AI_Research_Memo.pdf\"> a new poll <\/a>released by the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labor unions in the US.<\/p>\n<p>More than nine out of 10 workers surveyed expressed support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for, including 95% supporting a requirement that a human be the final decision maker on any issues affecting individual workers and their employment.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/12\/workers-ai-policy-unions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for US workers overwhelmingly support pro-worker policies on artificial intelligence (AI) and view &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=848\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}