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The Future of AI Depends on Our Choices · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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Whether artificial intelligence will lead to increased productivity
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and to helping workers,
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Wednesday, June 10th.
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or on the contrary, to increasing inequalities and insecurities will
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depend on the choices we are making
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That's from The Future of Work on the Labor Radio Podcast
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network, laborradionetwork.org.
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The latest labor arts, news, and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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free weekly newsletter.
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In today's labor history, on this date in 1963, President John F.
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Kennedy signed a law, the Equal Pay Act, mandating equal pay to women who
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are performing the same jobs as men.
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Today, 63 years later, women doing the same work now earn about 95
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cents per dollar earned by men, While overall, women earn about
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82 cents per dollar earned by men.
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Discover the stories where they happened.
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The online Labor Landmarks map is available at laborheritage.org Today's
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labor quote is by JFK who said, "I must say I'm a strong believer in equal pay
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for equal work, and I think we ought to do better than we're doing." Support for
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the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union Plus, a nonprofit organization
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founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
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More information at unionplus.org.
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.