Our leadership @nytimes likes to pretend we’re replaceable, claiming they have a “robust plan in place” for handling election night traffic, but we know the truth: That plan is built on our labor.
Yesterday more than 400 of us rallied outside @NYTimes to let management know we want a fair contract with just cause by the Election. It’s up to AG Sulzberger and the masthead to get it done.
Art credit @wuerker / PEN Guild Politico
We are on ULP strike. We gave @nytimes 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 and stop committing unfair labor practices.
4 days until the election. 4 days for @nytimes management to agree to a fair contract.
We don't want to strike, but we are ready to fight for just cause, fair wages and remote work protections.
This week the @nytimes gave us their first wages counterproposal. Here are a few highlights:
- A “guaranteed” raise each year of 1%
- A 2% raise for promotions
- A pay floor $16,000 lower than our lowest paid member’s current salary
- No increase in compensation at ratification
Our friends in the @NYTimesGuild have passed a resolution in strong support of our strike authorization with a clear message to @NYTimes management: “The best way to avoid a disruption to our work is for management to offer a fair contract as quickly as possible.”
We formed our union because we want to make NYT a better place to work. Yesterday 100+ members took to Slack to tell @meredith_levien and @AGSNYT we’re tired of delay tactics in bargaining. Here is one member's post and in 🧵are a few of the ways management has been stalling.
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