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 pitchforks and no one in the government or corporations will be able to hide or remain safe.
Now is the time to checkmate this AI movement. All we union members need to do is educate our workers about what we are building. Yes, we will take the work but that doesn’t mean we don’t know about the long range damage to the building we are working on will do so look at it like building a dam. It is a good thing until the dam breaks and it will. AI will be the dam that breaks.
So, all workers need a plan and now is the time before it’s too late. Corpations and oligarchs have absolutely no concern for workers just trying to make ends meet.
Big Tech companies are expected to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026. Fifty-two percent of workers are concerned about the use of AI in the workplace.
Seventy-six percent of Americans say its important to be able to discern whether content was generated by AI or by people due to the manipulation that people can do with AI.
I hope that I am wrong, but what I see at this time is our unions are going to be in the fight of their existence. This is the most perilous time of our life. The life we had is threatened like never before. Unions are the largest organized group of people who can save our country if things keep going the way they are heading at this time. We need to all stand together for power, but we each must prepare and plan to take care of ourselves and our families. We can fight the big fight and not be distracted by worry about things that can and should already be taken care of. For instance, stashing at least one month’s pay and at least a month or even a year’s worth of food, whether the food is staples (pasta, rice, canned goods) and meat or chicken in the freezer. Keep your vehicles' tanks full and if possible a gas can full. It’s in your best interest to also save money for house or rent payments plus extra. This is not new thinking for us old trade workers who had to prepare when...
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