WGA Ratifies New 3-Year Contract With CBS News, Securing Key AI Protections
deadline.comThe Writers Guild of America East and West members at CBS News have ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the company.
Per the guild, the 270-plus member unit “overwhelmingly” approved of the deal, which includes AI protections, guaranteed raises, and improved benefits, among other provisions.
The WGA had been prioritizing artificial intelligence in these negotiations, in an effort “to safeguard journalism as a profession,” WGA East Executive Director Sam Wheeler told Deadline last month.
Modeled after the recently ratified ABC News contract, CBS News staffers also secured protections against the technology that include advance notice from the company before it implements any new generative AI systems so that the guild can bargain over its impact on members.
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