More than a thousand employees of the prestigious American daily New York Times began a strike Thursday at midnight over a wage dispute, a first for the paper in 40 years, according to their union.
Journalists and other workers at the influential newspaper, which gives top US and international coverage, have decided to stop work for 24 hours after wage and collective bargaining negotiations failed, according to the press union NewsGuild of New York.
According to this organization, one of the contentious points is the refusal of the management of the New York Times to increase wages in a national and global context of rising inflation.
“More than 1,100 workers from the New York Times have now ceased work, a first of this magnitude in four decades,” the union announced on Twitter.
The movement should not prevent the publication of the daily on Friday. An article published on the website of New York Times states that “during the walkout, non-union newsroom employees will be largely responsible for producing news.”
A demonstration in front of the newspaper’s headquarters in the heart of Manhattan was scheduled for around 1 p.m.
A spokeswoman for the newspaper said in a statement that wage negotiations had not broken down and that it was “disappointing that [les employés] come to extreme actions when we are not at an impasse”.
The union responded that its members “wanted to make sure there was a better newsroom for everyone”.
The American print media, once flourishing and prestigious, has suffered like all major media from the pandemic and is now affected by inflation.
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