New York Times tech worker strike stretches into Election Day

The New York Times woke up to Election Day with hundreds of its tech staffers inactive connected onslaught connected the astir important quality time of the year.

"We are backmost retired connected the picket enactment today," the Times Tech Guild wrote connected X. "We cognize this is simply a hard time to beryllium connected onslaught for our members but we privation to beryllium clear: We are present due to the fact that of the decisions of @NYTimes management."

The Tech Guild's 600 members, who power the back-end systems that powerfulness the paper's extended integer operations, went connected onslaught implicit not reaching a declaration statement aft months of negotiations.

The strikers who spoke to Fox News Digital portion demonstrating extracurricular the New York Times gathering connected Monday acknowledged the timing of the onslaught could imperil 1 of the astir visited quality sites of immoderate American quality outlet connected the time the state chooses its adjacent president.

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"It’s our highest traffic, erstwhile we spot the astir radical coming to The New York Times is during a statesmanlike election, truthful that’s wherefore months agone we gave absorption a deadline saying we wanted a declaration by the predetermination oregon we’re going connected strike," Times bundle technologist Sarah Duncan said. "They wouldn’t springiness america what we were demanding, truthful we’ve already made capable compromises. We’re done compromising, truthful we’re retired present until we get a just contract." 

The Times’ celebrated "Election Needle" showing the likelihood of Donald Trump oregon Kamala Harris winning the predetermination could beryllium jeopardized due to the fact that of the walkout. Strikers person besides encouraged Times readers and app users to not play games similar Wordle oregon prosecute with the tract successful solidarity with their movement.

A New York Times tech idiosyncratic calls for a declaration portion striking extracurricular institution office connected Nov. 4, 2024. (Fox News)

Some different Times newsroom members person besides encouraged absorption to scope a woody to assistance them bash their jobs. More than 750 Times journalists urged steadfast A.G. Sulzberger and different Times brass to marque a woody up of Election Day, the Washington Post reported.

"We can’t bash our jobs without the Tech Guild," the pledge states. "Can you ideate if our predetermination needle didn’t work, the app didn’t unfastened oregon the homepage went down?"

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According to the Times, negotiations went precocious into Sunday and determination were inactive disagreements implicit issues similar a "just cause" proviso that would forestall termination for reasons unrelated to misconduct, arsenic good arsenic wage raises and return-to-office policies. Times absorption told workers connected Sunday it had offered a 2.5% yearly wage hike, a 5% wage summation minimum for promotions and a $1,000 ratification bonus.

Reached for comment, New York Times Company spokesperson Danielle Rhoades-Ha directed Fox News Digital to its erstwhile connection expressing disappointment with the timing of the strike.

We look guardant to continuing to enactment with the Tech Guild to scope a just declaration that takes into relationship that they are already among the highest paid idiosyncratic contributors successful the Company and journalism is our apical priority," spokesperson Danielle Rhoades-Ha said. 

Americans mightiness not beryllium capable to trust connected The New York Times for Election Day accusation and investigation if hundreds of the elephantine newspaper's disgruntled tech staffers proceed to strike. (Fox News Digital)

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"We’re successful 1 of the astir consequential periods of sum for our readers and person robust plans successful spot to guarantee that we are capable to fulfill our ngo and service our readers," she continued. "While we respect the union’s close to prosecute successful protected actions, we're disappointed that colleagues would onslaught astatine this time, which is some unnecessary and astatine likelihood with our mission."

Fox News' Brian Flood, Hannah Lambert, Nikolas Lanum and Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.