Garrison Lovely: Safety-Focused Unions Could Beat Resignations at AI Labs
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-10-09
AI commentator Garrison Lovely argues AI lab employees should organize unions around safety, citing airline industry precedents. His points: unions win concessions immediately; being fired for organizing is more newsworthy than another round of resignations (which have diminishing returns); unions could actually win slowdowns or pauses without government involvement; reaching 50%+ support at a handful of frontier labs is hard but possible, unlike hoping everyone voluntarily quits.
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