New York Times tech workers go on strike

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-04 17:19:02 | Updated at 2024-11-05 23:16:42 1 day ago

New York Times tech workers go on strike
https://www.semafor.com ^ | Nov 4, 2024 | Mathias Hammer

Posted on 11/04/2024 8:16:36 AM PST by Enterprise

The New York Times Tech Guild went on strike Monday in a move that could complicate the newspaper’s ability to cover Tuesday’s US presidential election.

The Guild represents more than 600 software developers, data analysts, and designers whose work upholds the organization’s digital products, including its live blogs and the Times’ election needle. The union has said roughly half of its members are directly involved in supporting the paper’s election coverage, and the increased traffic to the outlet’s website around an election only increases the pressure on the publication’s back-end systems.

The union said they gave Times management “months of notice of our strike deadline, we made ourselves available around the clock, but the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dorks

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What is this thing they call the New York Times? Is it like an Apple or Bulova watch?

1 posted on 11/04/2024 8:16:36 AM PST by Enterprise

To: Enterprise

2 posted on 11/04/2024 8:17:42 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: Enterprise

Will anybody notice?.....................

3 posted on 11/04/2024 8:18:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: Enterprise

Well that sucks. Who will uninform me now?

4 posted on 11/04/2024 8:19:45 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)

To: Enterprise

Such a loss to the nation. They’ve done such a diligent job of churning out their propaganda, multiple times every day, for months now. And now their voice will be silent. So sad

5 posted on 11/04/2024 8:20:10 AM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)

To: ClearCase_guy

6 posted on 11/04/2024 8:20:22 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)

To: Red Badger

This is amazing news.

The writers and editors of the New York Times will have to work double-shifts while crying and screaming hysterically as Kamala crashes and burns.

Sweet!

7 posted on 11/04/2024 8:20:46 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)

To: Enterprise

8 posted on 11/04/2024 8:21:06 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)

To: cgbg

Would they strike if they thought Kamala was going to win?

9 posted on 11/04/2024 8:22:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: Enterprise

Queue Jerry Seinfeld “That’s a shame.”

10 posted on 11/04/2024 8:22:30 AM PST by citizen (Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)

To: Red Badger

11 posted on 11/04/2024 8:23:04 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)

To: Red Badger

Their webpages that cover vote totals on Election Night are about the best out there, no propaganda and easy to use. Otherwise, no the NY Times won’t be missed.

To: Enterprise

In a tradition unlike any other, stopped reading at NY Slimes

13 posted on 11/04/2024 8:25:33 AM PST by delchiante

To: Roadrunner383

It’s pretty amazing the way the New York Times Co. manages to be at once the absolute best and absolute worst it can be, isn’t it?

To: Roadrunner383

Their webpages that cover vote totals on Election Night are about the best out there, no propaganda and easy to use.

Maybe that's why they're going to have this strike, to keep the up-to-date vote totals from the voters.

15 posted on 11/04/2024 8:27:47 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)

To: Roadrunner383

Agreed. They are up to date, accurate, fast loading and easy to read/use. Too bad we won’t have that tomorrow, but I’d rather see turmoil at the NYT.

16 posted on 11/04/2024 8:27:51 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)

To: Enterprise

17 posted on 11/04/2024 8:41:07 AM PST by PGR88

To: Enterprise

> What is this thing they call the New York Times? Is it like an Apple or Bulova watch? <

From what I can tell, it’s kinda like a watch that gives you the wrong time on purpose. It deliberately leads you astray.

Yet for some reason many people still trust it.

18 posted on 11/04/2024 8:57:49 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)

To: Roadrunner383

“Their webpages that cover vote totals on Election Night are about the best out there, no propaganda and easy to use. Otherwise, no the NY Times won’t be missed.”

you’re absolutely correct on both accounts: real time NYT election totals are absolutely the best; everything else they publish is just propaganda ...

19 posted on 11/04/2024 9:15:12 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))

To: Enterprise

Have to admit the needle thingy was pretty cool. Was of course surfing some lefty sites for amusement election night and to see the hysteria as it inexorably swung towards Trump in 2016 was awesome.

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