(Reuters) – The New York Times (NYSE:) tech Guild will end a weeklong strike that began a day before the US presidential election and return to work on Tuesday, it said in a post on x on Monday.
More than 600 NYT tech workers, including software engineers, designers and product managers, went on strike amid deadlocked contract negotiations over pay and job security, planning daily protests during the crucial Election Day period.
Negotiations between the guild and the publisher have not moved forward since the strike began, a New York Times spokesperson said in an email response.
“We look forward to continuing to work with tech Guild to reach a fair contract that takes into account that they are already among the company's highest-paid individual contributors,” the spokesperson said.
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The tech Guild has been negotiating a contract with the NYT for more than two years.
“We clearly demonstrated how valuable our work is to The New York Times, especially on election night, and we demonstrated that we have the full support of subscribers and allies across the country going forward,” said Kathy Zhang, president of the tech Guild unit.
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