CWA Media Workers Urge Lawmakers to Protect Workers from Artificial Intelligence

Amid growing concerns over artificial intelligence, the NewsGuild-CWA and NABET-CWA last week sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urging Congress to ensure that any legislation addressing artificial intelligence is drafted in a way that protects journalists and creative workers.

A number of unions representing these workers co-signed the letter, including the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW).

The letter specifically urges Congress to protect journalists, film and television writers, and creative workers from artificial intelligence by: ensuring AI does not replace or replicate the work of journalists and creative professionals; safeguarding against the use of AI to surveil workers and their work product; protecting professional voice, likeness, performance, and written talent; and codifying workers’ rights to bargain collectively over AI policy in the workplace.