Union journalists at Adams Multimedia outlets the Anacortes American, Skagit Valley Herald, and Stanwood Camano News are asking subscribers to pledge to boycott the papers should workers make that ask in the future. Workers aren’t asking for subscriptions to be paused at this time but are seeking pledges that readers will commit to doing so if management continues to push a contract with low wages that allows artificial intelligence to be used in creation of news content.
“We hope a boycott will not be necessary, but we accept that it may be the only way to show management the community’s commitment to support the hardworking journalists who make our publications great,” wrote journalists in a social media post.
Earlier this month, journalists voted unanimously to launch an open-ended strike if a deal on a contract is not reached at the upcoming August 24 bargaining session. And they launched a multi-day strike in late July after more than eight months of negotiations with no deal in sight.
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