New York Times Tech Guild Ends Strike

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-15 17:07:06 | Updated at 2024-11-15 19:24:19 2 hours ago

New York Times Tech Guild Ends Strike
The New York Times ^ | Nov. 11, 2024 | Katie Robertson

Posted on 11/15/2024 9:01:15 AM PST by Salman

The Times Tech Guild, which represents more than 600 tech workers at The New York Times, announced on Monday that it had ended its weeklong strike despite not reaching a deal on a contract.

The union has been on strike since Nov. 4 and has regularly picketed outside The Times’s Manhattan headquarters. The strike was planned to coincide with Election Day, when readership interest is high.

The Times Tech Guild workers, which include software developers, designers and data analysts, will return to their jobs on Tuesday.

Kathy Zhang, the unit chair of the union and a senior analytics manager at The Times, said the strike “showed that we have the full support of subscribers and allies across the country going forward.” She said the union would continue to fight for a fair contract.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: unions

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Back to work, but not over.

1 posted on 11/15/2024 9:01:15 AM PST by Salman

To: Salman

The New York Slimes Organ Grinder Monkeys go back to work, Leashes Intact.

2 posted on 11/15/2024 9:05:21 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)

To: Salman

I know that NYT gets a lot of flack here but on election night their “needle” was the first sign to me that Trump was going to win. It was leaning to Trump from the moment that they put it up (it was up late because of this tech strike). It continued to move towards Trump long before any of the TV networks were calling the swing states.

3 posted on 11/15/2024 9:06:23 AM PST by JSM_Liberty

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