10/14/2026
Local 249 President Rob Brusick talks with Jordan Herrera, the UAW V-CAP endorsed candidate for U.S. House in Missouri's 4th Congressional District about how AI and Data Centers will affect working people.
Herrera believes AI must be built around workers, not used against them. The AFL-CIO’s Workers First Initiative on AI calls for stronger labor rights, collective bargaining, worker input, transparency, accountability, copyright protection, retraining, and safeguards against harmful workplace AI. That is exactly the lane I want to be in.
He will fight for:
• Worker notice before AI is deployed in the workplace
• Bargaining rights over AI-driven job changes
• Restrictions on AI surveillance and automated discipline
• Retraining and wage support for displaced workers
• A tax framework for AI systems that replace human labor
• If an algorithm replaces a worker, the company should not get a free pass while the community absorbs the damage.
