The Newspaper Guild approved a contract with The New York Times this afternoon, ending months of bumpy negotiations between Guild members and management.
But the mood in the newsroom was one of resignation rather than elation.
“No one is elated,” said Times staff editor Daniel Gold. “It’s how you look at the glass.” Read More
The New York Times and the Newspaper Guild of New York will use an outside mediator in order to try to reach an agreement on their ongoing contract dispute. The two parties were supposed to reach a final agreement tomorrow. Instead, they have agreed to start the mediation process.
Newspaper Guild President Bill O’Meara proposed that the Read More
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
