Tired of The New York Times “dragging its feet” in contract renewals, around 1,100 union employees will go on strike in the first such protest seen at the paper in more than 40 years
The work stoppage will go into effect at midnight local on Thursday and last for 24 hours with employees poised to strike outside the Times’ offices at 13:00 pm .
After 20 months of negotiations, the Times and its labour union the NewsGuild have failed to reach a deal on fresh contracts due to disagreements over a number of issues, particularly wage increases, remote work policy and health care plans. The Times has offered to raise worker wages by 5.5 percent at ratification of the contract and then increase yearly by 3 percent instead of the former 2.2 percent. But the union is seeking 10 percent at ratification to make up for the lack of pay raises over the past two years.
The work stoppage will go into effect at midnight local on Thursday and last for 24 hours with employees poised to strike outside the Times’ offices at 13:00 pm .
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