Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

NYT tech workers to walk out in protest of return-to-office policies
Axios ^ | October 30, 2023 | Sara Fischer

Posted on 11/01/2023 6:44:49 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Tech workers at the New York Times plan to walk out Monday afternoon to protest the company's return-to-office policy.

Why it matters: The Times' Tech Guild, which represents more than 600 staffers, is trying to negotiate its first contract with management after voting to unionize in March 2022.

Catch up quick: The guild has argued that new remote-work policies violate the terms and conditions set when their union was ratified in 2022.

Details: The Tech Guild — which includes nearly 700 software engineers, data analysts, project managers, product managers and designers — will begin to walk out at 1 pm ET, according to a statement from the NewsGuild.

What they're saying: "The Times is now not only refusing to recognize our rights to bargain on return to office but is now going a step further and using it as a tactic to intimidate us," The Tech Guild's unit chair, Kathy Zhang, said in a statement.

The other side: "We believe that allowing people the flexibility to work together in the office at times and remotely at other times benefits everyone by ensuring that we maintain the strong, collaborative environment that has come to define our culture and drive our success," a Times spokesperson told Axios in a statement.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: dataanalysts; nytimes; returntooffice; softwaredesigners; tech; techguild; whiners
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 last
To: SheepWhisperer
but won’t walk out to the car and drive TO the job and pay a high toll to take the tunnel and risk getting carjacked and then risk getting mugged and beaten on the way to the building.

You're right. They're lazy bums. They should take their beatings and muggings and carjackings like a man!

41 posted on 11/02/2023 4:02:29 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: dennisw

“….private sector has ways of making sure that their home workers are producing. The Feds, especially in greater Washingtoooon DC, exert zero discipline on their shirk from home “workers”

That simply is not true. Federal workers usually have to log into some type of Teams account which can tell everyone else on that team if you are online working. Anyone on teams can call or chat you through the computer at any time, so if you do not answer, you better have a good explanation.


42 posted on 11/02/2023 4:15:10 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

and pay a high toll to take the tunnel and risk getting carjacked and then risk getting mugged and beaten on the way to the building
...
You mean like they did for ten years before the scamdemic and lockdowns? Like they do when they go to dinner parties, movies, family gatherings and everywhere else in life?

The truth is they’ve gotten spoiled and now claim their entitlement to be life long.


43 posted on 11/02/2023 5:17:00 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: SheepWhisperer

The crime and viciousness in these Soros-Democrat-run cities has ramped way up in recent years. These cities are dumps and should be avoided whenever possible. People who go into them for entertainment should, as they say, enter at their own risk.


44 posted on 11/02/2023 10:13:34 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

How much does it cost to drive into New York and then back home every day?
Those bridge tolls and parking costs must be huge let alone the time it takes to work car or by train and bus.


45 posted on 11/02/2023 10:54:16 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson