Received from: AUE
Merged into composite C10
Congress notes the development of the TUC pro-worker AI and innovation strategy.
Congress condemns the:
i. absence of the government publishing the response to their consultation on copyright and AI, which closed in March 2025
ii. government’s delay in introducing a bill to regulate AI, which they announced would be before Christmas 2024, but which has still not been tabled
iii. UK government in following the US by refusing to sign (in February 2025) a statement on inclusive and sustainable artificial intelligence for people and the planet signed by 58 other countries
iv. UK government‘s decision in June 2025 to oppose an amendment to the Data Bill that would have forced AI companies to declare if and when they used copyrighted material.
Congress instructs the TUC General Council to:
a. ensure the rights of all workers are protected from AI companies stealing their creative work and to actively campaign for the protection of creative workers’ copyright
b. campaign for transparency of production on all products, media and creative works created by AI
c. collect data and information related to the numbers of jobs being lost to AI in the public and private sectors, and its effect on creative self-employed workers
d. demand that the government monitors AI usage and properly limits its expansion
e. work globally with other unions and campaigns to develop AI that is open, transparent, ethical, safe and trustworthy, in order to encourage positive outcomes for labour markets, ensuring AI is sustainable while also promoting international cooperation and governance.
Artists’ Union England