New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike

[Omaha Steve]

FULL story: http://archive.today/Wly9t

The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times’s digital operation.


Union workers outside The New York Times building on Monday.Credit...James Estrin/The New York Times

By Katie Robertson
Nov. 4, 2024

The Times Tech Guild, which represents workers like software developers and data analysts at The New York Times, went on strike early Monday, just ahead of the busy Election Day news period.

The two sides negotiated until late Sunday. The sticking points in recent days were whether the workers could get a “just cause” provision in their contract, which means they can be terminated only for misconduct or another such reason; pay increases and pay equity; and return-to-office policies.

Times management said in an email to workers on Sunday that it had offered a 2.5 percent annual wage increase, a minimum 5 percent pay increase for promotions and a $1,000 ratification bonus. It also said the company would maintain its current in-office work requirements of two days a week through June, while allowing employees to work fully remotely for three weeks per year.

The guild said in a statement that its members would protest daily outside the company’s headquarters starting at 9 a.m. on Monday.

FULL story at link above. Original link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/media/new-york-times-strike.html

[geardaddy]

1. Solidarity!

I wish we had a union at my job. It's getting ridiculous about how much we're expected to do with dwindling resources.

[4th]

2. So the website is up despite the strike?

Who is scabbing?