New York Times Guild Members Pledge To Walk Out

[Mr. X]

 

[Mr. X]

The New York Times Newsroom Gets Ready to Walk Out (nymag.com)

 

[Azrael]

wow

 

[britwrit]

I predict that - ironically - media coverage of this newspaper dispute will be Pish-poor. Short on details and wrong about most.

 

[Mr. X]

I predict that - ironically - media coverage of this newspaper dispute will be Pish-poor. Short on details and wrong about most.

What do you think of the New York story I posted?

 

[The Big Ragu]

I predict that - ironically - media coverage of this newspaper dispute will be Pish-poor. Short on details and wrong about most.

Are the details all that mysterious, or really anything that can be gotten wrong? The guild mostly wants higher base pay. The company has been balking. The guild sent a letter saying they are walking out on December 8 if there is no contract. The details don't seem that complicated, as is usually the case with labor disputes.

 

[As The Crow Flies]

If the NYT's journalists don't have leverage right now, I'm not sure any union in journalism will ever have leverage.

 

[HanSenSE]

If the NYT's journalists don't have leverage right now, I'm not sure any union in journalism will ever have leverage.

You just replace those 10,000 word epics on salamanders in Botswana with wire.

 

[cjericho]

If the NYT's journalists don't have leverage right now, I'm not sure any union in journalism will ever have leverage.

was gonna say, if they walk out they prob never walk back in

 

[FileNotFound]

Organizing is the last best hope, and even that may not be enough.

 

[Mr. X]

was gonna say, if they walk out they prob never walk back in

Even for a planned one-day work stoppage?

 

[Twirling Time]

was gonna say, if they walk out they prob never walk back in

They'll just employ a bunch of 15-year-olds who use "would" in every sentence.

"Donald Trump would be indicted by a Fulton County grand jury on Christmas Eve"