The union representing about 600 software engineers and other technical workers at The New York Times said it has reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract — just one month after He walked off the job briefly on election day.
The Times Tech Guild, which is part of the NewsGuild of New York, claimed victory on Wednesday, saying it wrested concessions from management Including “just cause” protections against layoffs. Also “guarantee”.[d] “Annual increases for our members.”
The strike was announced after more than two years of negotiations, which included unusual demands such as job security for non-citizens in the US on work visas and mandatory trigger warnings during company meetings that include discussion of news events. Was.
“These first contract wins are a set Strong basis for job security That our colleagues will pass on for generations,” Kathy Zhang, a senior analytics manager at the Times who also serves as the tech guild’s unit president, said in a statement.
According to the union, Gray Lady’s technical staff will receive a pay increase of up to 8.25% “which gives priority to the largest pay increases for the lowest paid members over the lifetime of the contract”.
The guild also said it had won “significant protections that lock in the guardrails on additional variable compensation” such as stocks and bonuses.
The newspaper’s technical staff also secured “language guaranteeing flexible hybrid work schedules” as well as “improved protections for workers on visas.”
“Not only have we won the first contract, setting a new standard for workers within The New York Times, but we’ve also established a strong foundation for what’s possible for tech workers in the future,” said Susan DeCarava. “When they organize and bargain collectively.” ,President of the NewsGuild of New York.
Tech guild members will vote to ratify the contract on Dec. 19.
When contacted by The Post, Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhodes Ha said: “We are pleased to reach a tentative agreement with the Tech Guild.”
The week-long strike was launched in November, a day before the presidential election, by workers including software engineers, designers and product managers amid stalled contract negotiations over wages and job security.
The union said the strike had its intended effect on The Times’s election coverage, which did not include the “state-level or non-presidential” Live Needle, which estimates a candidate’s probability of winning the election in real time.
The Times denied the claim.
with post wire
