New York Times Tech Guild: We Showed Our Strength and Our Value to The Times in Election Week ULP Strike

The Times Tech Guild—the union that makes the coverage at The New York Times accessible to the world—has wrapped up an Election Week ULP Strike, having shown Times management the impact of their solidarity and unity. Tech Guild members returned to work Tuesday and marched into the office together in the morning as a symbol of what's to come for The Times.

"Our Election Week ULP Strike was a warning to The Times," said Kathy Zhang, Tech Guild unit chair and a senior analytics manager at The New York Times. "We clearly demonstrated how valuable our work is to The New York Times, especially on election night, and showed that we have the full support of subscribers and allies across the country going forward.'

Subscribers across the country showed Tech Guild solidarity by boycotting the Cooking app as well as NYT games such as Wordle and Connections. Tech Guild members even created their own games site, akin to a strike publication, that earned more than a half million page views and more than 320,000 active users. (Tech Guild members are advising supporters they can resume playing New York Times games as well as use the Cooking app.) Follow the Times Tech Guild here for updates as they move their fight back to the bargaining table.