New York Times Journalists Prepare For 24-Hour Strike As Union And Management Fail To Reach Agreement
deadline.comMore than 1,100 employees of The New York Times are poised to walk out for a one-day strike starting just after midnight on Thursday, after their union and the Times management failed to reach an agreement. “Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go,” the union announced on Wednesday evening. “It’s official: @NYTimesGuild members are walking out for 24 hours on Thursday.
We know what we’re worth.” The last contract expired in March, 2021, and the NewsGuild contends that Times management has been slow to negotiate.
In dispute are the size of pay increases, retirement benefits and mandatory return-to-office policies, the union said. The walkout would be the first such work stopping action in more than 40 years.
The union said that there was a lunchtime walkout in 2017 to halt potential layoffs. Danielle Rhoades-Ha, spokesperson for the Times, said, “While we were still in negotiations and ready to continue, we received notification from more than 100 NewsGuild members in the newsroom confirming that the strike would proceed.
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