Posted on 09/17/2024 5:37:46 PM PDT by Libloather
Tech union workers at the New York Times have threatened to strike on Election Day over a bizarre list of demands that include pet bereavement leave, a four-day work week — and even a ban on scented products in break rooms, according to a report.
The Times Tech Guild’s laundry list of demands during its protracted two-year battle for a contract has also included a call for unlimited sick time, job security for non-citizens who are in the United States on work visas in the event of layoffs and mandatory trigger warnings when discussing news events, Semafor reported.
The union — which represents around 600 software engineers and other tech-oriented, non-editorial workers at the Times — voted last week to authorize a strike, dangling the prospect that the work stoppage could come during the peak traffic period around November’s battle for the White House, according to the outlet.
The Times, headed by chairman AG Sulzberger, said the guild’s economic demands would cost the company more than $100 million in compensation and benefits over the span of the proposed three-year contract, Semafor reported.
The company said that its employees already receive $10,000 in reimbursement for adoption or surrogacy expenses, $50,000 for fertility care and discounts on pet, home and auto insurance.
Members of the Tech Guild earn an average salary of $190,000 a year, which includes salary, bonuses and restricted stock options — about $40,000 more than their brethren in unions that represent journalists at the publication, according to the company.
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I remember when the air traffic controllers went on strike, and Reagan fired them all. Problem solved.
There are a lot of journalists out of work these days who might be a little more grateful to have a job.
Wait, all that but they are OK with the brown M+Ms??!
Strike! It’s for da chitlings.
I would strike over the idiots who microwave fish in the break room....
I use to work in a factory that had a few dozen Filipinas. They would break out bagon (spelling) which is fermented rotten shrimp. The break room was vomitous.
Ah yes, the entrance to hell known as the New York Times building with it’s demonic Satan worshipers complaining about perfume when all they want is the smell of sulfur and rotten eggs.
The little known secret is that the 9-11 terrorist really wanted to target the NY Times on 242 W 41st St, but Pinch Sulzberger (making a pact with the devil) was able to jam the airplane controls and force it to crash into the Twin Towers instead. Sulzberger owes Lucifer plenty.
Jeeze, and I thought ‘news’ happens 7 days a week not just 4?
This is what they get for hiring all the ‘woke’ hipster’s instead of normal people who just want to work.
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...and don't even THINK of letting any yellow ones in.
And for this story, my first response is "why does even a large newspaper have that many "tech" employees?"
As for the demands " to 'decline work based on advertisers' and the 'right to request letters to the editor not be published' " they're proving themselves nutcases.
for a pix of "Kathy" Zhang, "The Times Tech Guild chair, See The Daily Mail article
If the NYT stopped working, would anyone notice?
“Kathy” Zhang folks 🤔🙄😓
She look like a man
scents in break rooms
Burn tea it smells the same a pot they will think they are happy power of suggestion at work works.
THERE IS A FICTION BOOK IN THERE SOMEWHERE
PURE CLEAN AIR DOES NOT EXIST IN NYC
Even trash bags are scented these days.... maybe change out the trash bags with unscented ones.
Also tell the soy boys to stop wearing perfume and earrings.
I agree with this demand.
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