At 3:35 this afternoon, an estimated 400 rank and file members of the New York Times union left their desks for a walk-out that began on 40th Street, headed up Eighth Avenue and turned right on 41st. As the crowd reassembled outside the north entrance to Times headquarters, union organizers such as columnists Jim Dwyer Read More
Just before noon on Sept. 24, a stream of about 200 New York Times staffers left the company’s headquarters at 620 Eighth Avenue, heading for the local hotel-workers union headquarters a few blocks north. A meeting was set for noon to inform Times union members about the status of ongoing contract negotiations and to Read More
Negotiations over The New York Times union contract started up again this week, and labor and management are already at loggerheads, with union members fuming over the “disrespect” they’ve been shown so far. The stakes include not just material considerations like raises and guaranteed pension payments, but the once-cozy relationship between the newsroom and Read More
