How The AP News Guild Is Fighting Back
The AP News Guild has been negotiating a fair contract with management for over 15 months. During a particularly precarious time in media, The Associated Press hasn’t been impacted by layoffs. However, much like other media workers, the news agency’s employees have voiced concerns with management about wages and the looming threat of artificial intelligence. Earlier this month, for instance, the AP News Guild shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, that management had “formally denied” their request to review a deal the company had made with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Study Hall caught up with Vin Cherwoo, the president of the AP News Guild and sports journalist on the hockey beat, about the contract negotiation process, AI, and how him and his colleagues are getting the word out.
A rare blue supermoon will be visible tomorrow night but our members are still seeing red this T-shirt Tuesday. AP should come back down to earth and present a #fairAPcontract. #WeAreAPhttps://t.co/9G7KS2Syin
— AP News Guild (@APNewsGuild) August 29, 2023
Study Hall: What are some of the central concerns of Guild members that are being currently negotiated?
Vin Cherwoo: Wages, health care, parental leave and some expense issues for people working remotely who don’t have an office to go to, and vacations for new hires.
SH: Can you discuss the specific dispute with management over the AI guidelines they sent out?
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