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The union announced ratification with 76.1% of valid votes in favor. It summarized safeguards including written AI notice, consultation with producers, and identification of alternatives to generative AI, while acknowledging unresolved AI issues.
What changed
The union announced ratification with 76.1% of valid votes in favor. It summarized safeguards including written AI notice, consultation with producers, and identification of alternatives to generative AI, while acknowledging unresolved AI issues.
Status refers to completed member ratification, not implementation of every provision. Contract scope and effective terms require the original. Discussion of alternative tools is not an individual veto over AI. September 10, 2026 supplementary check of MOA item 14: consultation requires an employee request and sufficient production time; arbitration under the AI provision excludes injunctive relief, which does not establish that all other legal remedies are unavailable. Scanning a person’s visual likeness or voice requires separate consent. The version read still has an effective-date placeholder; the final agreement remains to be checked.
Editorial research question
Editorial interpretation: records internal disagreement over the adequacy of AI safeguards, alongside contract ratification and demands for further regulation.
This is an editorial interpretation or question, separate from factual statements.
Evidence & sources
The union announced ratification with 76.1% of valid votes in favor. It summarized safeguards including written AI notice, consultation with producers, and identification of alternatives to generative AI, while acknowledging unresolved AI issues.
SRC-0178Lines 35–65: publication date, 76.1% of valid votes in favor, union acknowledgment of unresolved AI issues, and contract summary.
The MOA permits producers to require AI use, with advance written notice and conditional consultation. Arbitration under this provision does not provide injunctions restricting AI use; scanning a person’s likeness or voice separately requires their consent.
SRC-017945-page PDF text: page 1 version date, retroactive period, and ratification condition; pages 15–20, item 14 AI provisions in full, lines 519–712. Other provisions were not read in full.
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