New York Times tech workers launch strike ahead of Election Day, WSJ reports

New York Times (NYT) technology workers launched a strike on Monday following a long-running dispute with management ahead of Election Day, The Wall Street Journal’s Alexandra Bruell reports. The Times’s tech guild walked off the job after midnight, citing issues such as remote and hybrid work protections and pay equity. Workers were set to picket at 9 a.m., and the union asked readers to “honor the digital picket line” and also not play popular Times games such as Wordle or use the Times’s cooking app. “We have been sounding the alarm for weeks and cleared our schedules to get this contract done before the election week deadline,” said Susan DeCarava, president of the NewsGuild of New York. “We’re disheartened that the Times is willing to gamble with its election coverage to avoid agreeing to a fair and just contract.”