Evening Standard, Nov. 4, 2024
New York Times tech workers went on strike on Monday — a day before the US election — which could affect the newspaper’s popular word game Wordle.
The Times Tech Guild, representing 600 workers including software developers and data analysts, has demanded a “just cause” provision in contracts. The newspaper says this would means workers can only have their contracts terminated for misconduct or another such reason, The union is also looking to secure pay increases, pay equity and return-to-office policies.
The guild said it had asked readers to honour its digital picket line by not playing Times Games products, including Wordle, and not using the Cooking app.
Hannah Yang, the company’s chief growth and customer officer, and Jason Sobel, its chief technology officer, said in the email: “We are disappointed that the Tech Guild leadership is attempting to jeopardise our journalistic mission at this critical time.”
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