WGA East Members Ratify New Contract With ABC News

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Members at the Writers Guild of America East have “overwhelmingly” ratified a new three-year deal with ABC News. The guild touted “tremendous financial wins” in the updated agreement, as well as provisions regarding the use of artificial intelligence.

According to the WGA East, ABC News has agreed not to lay off any current staff employees and provide at least three weeks’ notice of intent to implement AI systems for written news.

The parties have agreed to meet semi-annually to discuss AI as well. Other contract details include: “We are immensely proud of our new contract, which we’ve won as the result of the resilience and solidarity shown by our fellow WGA East members at ABC News.

With their overwhelming support, we secured a deal that outlines groundbreaking protections against Generative AI and makes significant improvements to all of our benefits,” the bargaining committee said in a statement on Tuesday.