And if the famous needle of New York Times remained still? What if the counter fine-tuned for months in preparation for November 6 to allow its millions of readers to follow the result of the American presidential election found itself blocked? On Tuesday, November 5 in the afternoon, in fact, the indefinite strike launched the day before by employees in everyday technological professions continued while the electoral news was about to accelerate.
The New York Times mobilized “more than a hundred reporters, photographers, videographers and data journalists” across the country to cover and analyze the results of the election, the newspaper welcomes on its website, which does not reveal any disturbance.
“We know this is a difficult strike day for our members, declared the union on its X account, Tuesday, at 1 p.m. (Paris time), but we want to be clear: we are here because of the decisions of the management of the New York Times. » This, affirms the New York Times Guild, the main union of technology workers at the newspaper, refuses to accede to the demands for salary increases and improvement of working conditions posed by the strikers.
Negotiations, however, continued until Sunday evening. “The sticking points in recent days have been over whether workers can get a 'just cause' clause in their contract (meaning they can only be fired for misconduct or another reason of this guy); salary increases and pay equity; and return to office policies »reveals an article published on the daily website. It is also claimed that management informed all employees of its various proposals by email: “an annual salary increase of 2.5%, a minimum increase of 5% for promotions and a bonus the 1,000 dollars ». She persists in demanding two days of presence per week in the office until June, and authorization to “work entirely remotely for three weeks per year”.
Notice filed several months ago
According to the union, 95% of its members (600 people – software engineers, product managers, etc. – involved in the operation of the website and application) voted to strike. “for a fair wage (…) and flexible remote working »while the notice given several months ago could have made it possible to avoid this blocking situation.
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