by Grace Kaste on Sep 30, 2026 at 3:04 pm September 30, 2026 at 3:04 pm
Members of the Seattle Times Union held a lunchtime picket outside the newspaper’s offices Wednesday, calling on the company to guarantee that AI won’t replace any newsroom jobs.
The picket comes six months into contract negotiations that the union says are currently stalled over wages and AI use. While the company has agreed to prohibit the use of AI to interview people or write articles, it has declined to extend protections to other newsroom roles, such as photojournalists, copy editors and social media producers, according to the union.
“Management has admitted at the…
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