Team AOC - Stand with NYT Guild workers

 

Fans of the New York Times end up accessing several of their products a day, from Wordle to podcasts, recipes and, of course, breaking news. But the New York Times Guild has announced a 24-hour walk out until 11:59pm TONIGHT, Thursday, December 8th, and we don’t cross picket lines — not even digital ones.

Newsroom employees and other Guild members — such as assistants, building security guards, ad sales workers, comment moderators, and virtual producers, among others — are striking in response to the protracted bargaining process that began in March 2021 when their last union contract expired. Management and Guild members have not come to an agreement after nearly 40 contract negotiation meetings, and yesterday the union announced today's one-day work stoppage via Twitter.¹

NYT Guild members, part of the NewsGuild of New York, are bargaining for better health and retirement benefits, clear remote-work policies, salary floors, and wage increases amidst rising inflation across the country.² The union has also asked for improvements to the rating system used by management to assess employee performance — which workers have pointed out tends to discriminate against Black and Latinx New York Times employees.³

A digital picket line is just as important as a physical one. Just as Team AOC has stood with workers at Hunts Point Produce Market, union railway workers, and baristas organizing for a better workplace at Starbucks, we’ll be avoiding all New York Times products until 11:59pm tonight to stand with NewsGuild workers in their fight to secure better working conditions — stand with us!

Labor solidarity is crucial to our movement. We wish the Guild workers luck with their negotiations!

In solidarity,

Team AOC