Over One Thousand NYT Employees Begin Massive Strike

More than 1,100 union employees at the New York Times began a 24-hour work stoppage on Thursday morning, the union said, citing the company’s “failure to bargain in good faith,” after setting a December 8th deadline for a contract, last week.

“Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go,” the New York Times union tweeted on Wednesday.

The New York Times issued a statement confirming the strike. “It is disappointing that they are taking such an extreme action when we are not at an impasse,” the company said.

NYT’s newsroom union stages walkout today – editors hustle to post today & publish tomorrow

My piece for NPR lays out what’s happening – and why https://t.co/7F7MWAltoV

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) December 8, 2022

We’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.

— Amanda Hess (@amandahess) December 7, 2022

Without a contract, today I join 1,100 of my⁩ colleagues in walking out. We're asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms today and stand with us on the digital picket line. Read local news. Listen to public radio. Break your Wordle streak. https://t.co/umJkQN1qVV

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) December 8, 2022

Union employees issued the following statement ahead of the strike: “Over 1000 employees at the New York Times have pledged to walk out on December 8 if management does not bargain in good faith to reach a complete and equitable contract by then.

Company executives like Meredith Kopit Levien and A.G. Sulzberger and management’s lawyers have continued to put forward proposals that do not recognize our value as Times employees. We are the people who deliver groundbreaking journalism and keep the newsroom running every day.

We’re asking subscribers, loyal readers, union supporters, media workers and workers of different trades, to support us by sending a letter to Meredith Kopit Levien and A.G. Sulzberger, notifying them of your intent to support us, Times employees on December 8. While we are not asking that you cancel your subscription, we do ask you to honor the walkout by not reading The Times that day, or using its other products, which all would not exist without our labor.

Enough is enough — support our fight for a fair contract and a more equitable newsroom!”

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 2022