Data Labelers Association (DLA)

The Data Labelers Association (DLA) is an emerging labor advocacy and solidarity organization representing data annotation workers, chat moderators, and AI gig economy workers — primarily in the Global South. Led by Secretary General Michael Geoffrey Abuyabo Asia, the organization focuses on gathering worker testimonies and building solidarity among the often-invisible workforce behind AI training data. It functions as an advocacy and support body rather than a formal trade union with collective bargaining rights.