By Taylor Garland
Publication Date: 2026-10-08 18:48:00
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford led the bicameral letter defending Spirit workers in the face of Google’s “unchartered” data grab & demanding “meaningful, enforceable safeguards”
WASHINGTON (October 8, 2026) — Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford led a joint Congressional letter – signed by 121 U.S. Senators and Representatives – to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO Dave Davis sounding the alarm on the Members’ “serious concern” about the proposed $10 million sale of Spirit Airlines’ internal data to Google to train artificial intelligence systems. The unprecedented sale is a pivotal moment in the fight to protect all workers’ data and privacy as technology advances unchecked from regulation.
“This sale presents uncharted territory,” the Members of Congress write. “…the proposed sale would involve an extraordinary volume of Spirit’s internal records, including…
