New York Times Tech Guild on ULP Strike

The Times Tech Guild—the union that powers the technology behind The New York Times—has walked off the job in a ULP strike. The work stoppage began at 12:01am Monday despite multiple rounds of intense bargaining and a practice picket that drew more than 400 outside the headquarters of The Times last week. Tech Guild members are picketing from 9am to 6pm daily outside the Eighth Avenue entrance of The New York Times (620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets near Times Square).

The Tech Guild is asking readers to honor the digital picket line and not play popular NYT Games such as Wordle and Connections as well as not use the NYT Cooking app (they've set up strike friendly alternatives here!). Members of the newsroom union, Times Guild, have pledged not to do struck work, a right that’s protected under their contract.

Management has failed to meaningfully address tech workers’ key concerns such as remote/hybrid work protections; “just cause” job protections, which the newsroom union has had for decades; limits on subcontracting; and pay equity/fair pay. Throughout the bargaining process, Times management has engaged in numerous labor law violations, including implementing return-to-office mandates without bargaining and attempting to intimidate members through interrogations about their strike intentions. The NewsGuild of NY has filed unfair labor practice charges against The Times on these tactics as well as numerous other violations of labor law. Read more here, follow the union on social media here, support the workers' strike fund here, and join us on the picket lines to demand a fair contract!