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Paul Nowak

General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

To deliver on the promise of technology to enhance lives, inside and out of the workplace, AI must be designed, governed and negotiated by and for workers. Our guiding principle is simple: change must be done with working people, not to them.

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Paul Nowak, quoted in IPPR, “Overhaul worker rights to prevent AI-driven inequality, says IPPR,” May 29, 2026.

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

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AI Verified Quote says AI must be designed and governed by and for workers, strongly supporting participatory governance over developer-only decisions. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for is correct: Nowak says AI must be designed and governed by and for workers. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified IPPR press story dated 29 May 2026 attributes this wording verbatim to Paul Nowak. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI will create a permanent underclass

Great technological transitions only result in meaningful social progress when they are shaped actively and decisively. The Industrial Revolution – often casually invoked to describe the possibilities of AI – saw fifty years of wage stagnation while ...

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

AI is – and will be – a transformative technology. It has the potential to destroy jobs. To reshape whole industries. To deskill a generation of workers. And to reinforce the inequalities which already tear at the fabric of our society.

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