Politico/E&E News Reporters Go to Arbitration over AI

Politico/E&E News reporters go to arbitration over AI

Unionized journalists at Politico and E&E News went to arbitration Friday in a legal dispute over artificial intelligence. The hearing will determine whether Politico violated key protections around AI use that were secured in the PEN Guild’s first collective bargaining agreement— one of the first union contracts in the media industry to include enforceable rules for AI. With […]

RELEASE: PEN Guild Heads to Arbitration Today Over POLITICO’s AI Violations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 11, 2025 Media Contacts:Dylan Manshack, Comms, WBNG — dmanshack@wbng.org, 202-445-4033PEN Guild — politicoeenewsguild@gmail.com PEN Guild Heads to Arbitration Today Over POLITICO’s AI Violations WASHINGTON — Unionized journalists at POLITICO and E&E News will head to arbitration today in a consequential legal dispute over artificial intelligence. The hearing will determine whether POLITICO violated key protections aroun