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Recent Highlights
Policy Coalitions
New York & California
Joined coalitions in both states and submitted worker stories to the California Labor Federation supporting the No Robo Bosses Act. Participating in biweekly meetings with the NY Unemployment Insurance Coalition.
Participatory Research
Partnership with Tech Equity
In talks with Tech Equity to co-publish participatory action research on the impact of AI on workplace environments — covering productivity pressures, mass layoffs, and upskilling realities. Centering worker perspectives that are missing from most current research.
Pilot Launch
Basic income pilot launched
Enrolled our first cohort of workers displaced by AI into a program offering $1,000/month cash assistance and support for up to 12 months, in partnership with AI Commons Project (Fund for Guaranteed Income).
Layoff Crisis Platform
Co-designed with WaPo Tech Guild
Co-designing a secure layoff support platform with the Washington Post Tech Guild. CWA will train workers on collective bargaining, and Brooklyn Legal Defenders and Legal Aid Society will provide legal support for unemployment insurance navigation.
Weekly Skillshares
Technical & workers' rights training
Running a weekly skillshare series on locally deploying AI models, fighting AI résumé screeners, and workers' rights. Formalizing curriculum with 3 developers combining political education with hands-on technical training.
Team Building
Across 6 working groups
Our core team has grown to 37 active volunteers from 550+ engaged workers organized across 6 working groups — from policy advocacy to tech cooperative development.
Labor and capital are now openly fighting over who gets to write the rules on AI. We recap the AFL-CIO Workers First AI Summit, spotlight the hidden labor behind AI systems, and ask what it really means for workers to own the technology.
Oracle, Meta, and Atlassian are explicitly citing AI rebalancing as they cut tens of thousands of jobs. We look at what's driving these cuts, what the CWA is doing about it, and why our name comes from an 1863 labor organizer.
We're joining the California Labor Federation in their week of action for SB947, the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026 — legislation that would require human oversight of AI systems in hiring, management, and discipline. And one worker's story shows exactly why it matters.
After weeks of building, our beta community platform is open. Secure messaging for laid-off workers, a community job board, skill-sharing groups, and more. We're also welcoming a key new organizer to our team.
Over 500 people registered for our Mass Call on February 22nd — laid-off tech workers, allies, students, and organizers from across the country. Here's what they told us, and the four working groups we're launching in response.
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