New York Times employees strike for a WHOLE 24 hours and nobody even notices (LOL-OUCH!)

Sam J. | 1:34 PM on December 08, 2022

Oh, are New York Times staffers are striking today? Is that today? I sort of forgot. Gosh, how horrible.

Anyway …

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Really you guys? STRIKING. Poor journalists, your jobs are so hard. You work and you slave, and what thanks do you get? HOWEVER CAN YOU STAND ONE MORE DAY without ‘bargaining in good faith’, whatever the heck that means?

What a bunch of babies. And c’mon, do they really think they have anything worth ‘holding hostage’ here? Usually, when unions strike it matters, teachers not in the classroom is the one that most comes to mind but then again, considering how crappy we’ve found most union teachers to be, maybe they’re doing us a favor if and when they strike. Hrm. No, my point is, you have to have a skill or something people can’t do without for your strike to matter.

Or to change anything.

It is the first major walkout at the New York Times since 1981, and members of the union have said it is the culmination of months of frustration over contract negotiations on a range of issues, particularly compensation. https://t.co/eyQ9AP1zCb

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 8, 2022

From The Washington Post:

Reporters won’t write stories or interview sources. Photojournalists will stay home. And if a spate of unsavory language breaks out in the online comments thread posted below a New York Times story, there might not be anyone on hand to delete it.

That’s the expected scenario at the Times on Thursday, after more than 1,100 employees began a day-long work stoppage at midnight in one of the most dramatic labor disputes at the company in decades.

Members of the New York Times Guild — the union that covers about 1,400 Times workers, including non-newsroom departments such as advertising and security — have said the walkout is the culmination of months of frustration over contract negotiations on a range of issues, particularly compensation. The previous employee contract expired in March 2021. In a letter to members this week, union organizers wrote that “we cannot get to a deal until the company makes wage and benefit proposals that truly share the company’s gains with its employees.” They accused the company Wednesday evening of failing to “bargain in good faith.”

In other words, yawn.