Union Perspectives

The fight to survive is going to be unions versus AI. Unions and all working people will need all the help they can get and it can be with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) train, which is kicking ass in the elections so far this year. This is an enormous opportunity for smart unions. Just look at New York City and its unions. Some were slow to see the opportunities available, but then came around to see the changes occurring all around them with the new mayor. It would be nice if America’s unions were able to make a decision to back the candidates who most accurately understand the reality of where the battle between labor and capitalism stands. The other reason is the rising power of the DSA is not going to stop. Unions do not want to start playing footsies with the Fascists. It looks, instead, to be a rising power of the Left and we need to recognize the fact that they can help change the Democratic party for the better and get rid of Democrats in name only otherwise known ...

A look at union labor and the advent of AI, the good and bad of it on working people. The bad is more people moving to hands on labor from white color, higher educated people who have lost their jobs to AI. So, hands on high school workers will be competing with people with bachelors and masters degree for jobs that will end up being a union problem. But the good news is that labor unions will have highly educated workers who will turn to labor activism and will view the economic inequality and activism is the best way to fight it. But unions must remember that the holy grail of corporations is that AI will replace all workers and this is why unions should be watching for it will happen with a thousand small cuts so unions must make the large corporations pay for the jobs that are taken by AI. The money could go into a unemployment or UBI to keep the U.S. people off the streets. If we don’t have a safety nether the consequences of AI. We will see the people in the streets with pitchf...