CNET Journalists Seek to Unionize, Saying AI ‘Threatens Our Jobs and Reputations’

  • Bargaining unit aims to represent a staff of about 100
  • Employees ask management to voluntarily accept decision
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CNET journalists are pushing to unionize, seeking a formal say on issues including the use of artificial intelligence at the technology-news company.

Pro-union employees, who are organizing with the Writers Guild of America East, said they’ve signed up the vast majority of their coworkers. The union seeks to represent about 100 writers, editors, video producers and other content creators.