ProPublica Journalists Strike for a Day, Partly Over A.I.
Other sticking points for journalists at the investigative nonprofit included demands for wage increases and layoff protections.
ProPublica journalists walked off the job on Wednesday, for 24 hours, after more than two years of negotiations that failed to yield a deal for a union contract.
It was the first major labor action at ProPublica, one of the country’s largest nonprofit newsrooms. About 150 of its workers, including reporters, copy editors and communications staff, unionized in 2023 and have been negotiating a contract since.
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