NEW YORK — Taking a defiant stand, hundreds of New York Times journalists refused to work Thursday — the largest journalist-led labor action at the nation’s leading newspaper in more than 40 years.
The New York Times Guild’s 24-hour strike highlighted the mounting frustration of writers, editors, online producers, security guards and other staffers over the slow pace of negotiations for a new contract. The last newsroom contract expired in March 2021, and guild leaders this week said “the company’s failure to bargain in good faith” prompted their walkout.
“We are deeply committed to the success of the paper. ... (But) today, for the first time in decades, we’re fulfilling that mission in a different way,” The Times Guild and its local, NewsGuild of New York, said in a letter to readers.
