New York Times tech workers strike over a return-to-the-office mandate issued without negotiations: 'The company continues to act like we don’t exist'
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The workers went on a half-day strike Monday afternoon, with many supporters standing outside the New York Times building Monday afternoon.
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    New York Times technology workers went on a half-day strike Monday afternoon, accusing the media company of trying to unilaterally force them back to the office without negotiating in good faith.

    The employees, who include software engineers and product managers, voted 404-to-88 last year to unionize with the NewsGuild, extending a wider wave of organizing in US technology and media businesses.

    The work stoppage began at 1 p.m., with the union holding demonstrations on Zoom and in-person outside the Times’ Manhattan headquarters, which the tech guild also live-streamed on Instagram.

    Last year, the Times settled a case in which NLRB prosecutors accused the company of illegally interfering with its tech workers’ organizing rights by telling employees it designated as “intern managers” that they weren’t allowed to show their support for unionizing.

    The Communications Workers of America has been fighting legal battles over hybrid work at employers including Alphabet Inc. and Grindr Inc., accusing management of using return-to-office mandates as tools to try to defeat union organizing campaigns.

    Complaints issued by NLRB prosecutors are considered by agency judges, whose rulings can be appealed to labor board members in Washington, and from there to federal court.

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