Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher is the President of the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO, a position she assumed in July 2022. She previously served in the California State Assembly from 2013 to 2022, representing the 80th district in southern San Diego, where she authored landmark labor legislation including AB 5 on worker classification and paid sick leave. She currently co-chairs the AFL-CIO State Federation AI Task Force and is advocating for state-level guardrails on workplace AI and automation.