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New York Times Tech Guild Ends Strike
The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, even though it had not yet reached a contract deal with the company.
The Times Tech Guild, which represents more than 600 tech workers at The New York Times, announced on Monday that it had ended its weeklong strike despite not reaching a deal on a contract.
The union has been on strike since Nov. 4 and has regularly picketed outside The Times’s Manhattan headquarters. The strike was planned to coincide with Election Day, when readership interest is high.
The Times Tech Guild workers, which includes software developers, designers and data analysts, will return to their jobs on Tuesday.
Kathy Zhang, the unit chair of the union and a senior analytics manager at The Times, said the strike “showed that we have the full support of subscribers and allies across the country going forward.” She said the union would continue to fight for a fair contract.
“We look forward to continuing to work with Tech Guild to reach a fair contract that takes into account that they are already among the highest paid individual contributors in the company and journalism is our top priority,” said Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokeswoman for The Times.
The sticking points in the contract negotiations have included pay increases and pay equity, and whether the workers could have a “just cause” provision in their contract, which means they can be terminated only for misconduct or another such reason.
