Here’s why the BuzzFeed News Union’s contract includes protections from ghosts

As far as BuzzFeed News Union chair Addy Baird knows, none of the BuzzFeed offices are haunted.

The New York office did once suffer an infestation of bedbugs, which Baird said could be considered “ghostly, little creatures.” But the offices are not haunted — aside from, perhaps, “the ghost of Ben Smith,” a BuzzFeed spokesperson said.

If a ghost does move in and create unsafe work conditions, BuzzFeed News staff will have the right not to work at that location, thanks to protections listed in their first union contract, which they ratified on May 6. It’s the first contract in labor history to classify ghosts as a workplace hazard, according to NewsGuild counsel Benjamin Dictor.

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