“While the company and the NewsGuild remain apart on a number of issues, we continue to trade proposals and make progress toward an agreement.”Ĭompensation remains the most contentious aspect of the negotiations. “Strikes typically happen when talks deadlock. Gag Rules: The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that it is generally illegal for companies to offer severance agreements that require confidentiality and nondisparagement.Mining Strike: Hundreds of coal miners in Alabama have been told by their union that they can start returning to work before a contract deal has been reached, bringing an end to one of the longest mining strikes in U.S.Whitney Museum: After more than a year of bargaining, the cultural institution and its employees are moving forward with a deal that will significantly raise pay and improve job security.A New Inquiry?: A committee led by Senator Bernie Sanders will hold a vote to open an investigation into federal labor law violations by major corporations and subpoena Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, as the first witness.

“Their wage proposal still fails to meet the economic moment, lagging far behind both inflation and the average rate of wage gains in the U.S.,” the union said in its announcement that it would strike. In a statement on Wednesday evening, the union accused The Times of bargaining in bad faith. More than 1,800 people work in The Times’s newsroom. The union negotiating the contract, which is part of the NewsGuild of New York, represents about 1,450 employees in the newsroom, advertising and other areas of the company. More than 1,100 employees signed a pledge to strike for 24 hours.

Negotiators have failed to come to an agreement on salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues. The contract between The Times and The New York Times Guild expired in March 2021, and about 40 bargaining sessions have been held since. Reporters and editors at The New York Times began a one-day strike on Thursday, saying talks between their union and the company had dragged on and showed limited progress.

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