{"id":184422,"date":"2026-02-04T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/union-leaders-support-for-newsom-hinges-on-ai-stance\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:20:11","slug":"union-leaders-support-for-newsom-hinges-on-ai-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/union-leaders-support-for-newsom-hinges-on-ai-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Union leaders&#8217; support for Newsom hinges on AI stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2026\/02\/union-leaders-newsom-support-ai\/\">Union leaders&#8217; support for Newsom hinges on AI stance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2026\/02\/union-leaders-newsom-support-ai\/\">https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2026\/02\/union-leaders-newsom-support-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-04 08:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"calmatters.org\">calmatters.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National and California labor union leaders are warning Gavin Newsom that union support for his potential 2028 presidential campaign depends on safeguarding jobs from artificial intelligence (AI) impacts.<\/li>\n<li>The California Federation of Labor Unions views AI as the largest existential threat to working Americans, emphasizing a need for guidelines to protect employment.<\/li>\n<li>The unions single out Newsom due to his early pre-campaign status and California\u2019s leading role in AI development, highlighting his ambivalent attitude towards AI\u2019s effects.<\/li>\n<li>Newsom vetoed a union-backed bill (Senate Bill 7) that would have restricted employers from using AI for employee discipline and termination decisions, indicating a conflict between pro-industry policies and labor protection.<\/li>\n<li>The article notes uncertainty among experts about the exact impacts of AI on various industries and job types, though unions assume the worst-case scenario.<\/li>\n<li>The labor unions\u2019 concerns were demonstrated through the 148-day Hollywood screenwriters&#8217; strike in 2023 due to AI&#8217;s role in their profession.<\/li>\n<li>Newsom\u2019s State of the State address reflected his acknowledgment of AI\u2019s dual promise and peril, advocating for ethical AI usage while balancing economic growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union leaders&#8217; support for Newsom hinges on AI stance https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2026\/02\/union-leaders-newsom-support-ai\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-04 08:01:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/080725-Newsom-AI-SF-GETTY-CM-01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-184422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184424,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184422\/revisions\/184424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}