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:marseyitsover: NYT tech guild strike ends without making a deal

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I guess when that election needle still worked the strikers realized how little leverage they had.

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Management says that the Guild has bogged down negotiations with what the paper sees as outlandish, even illegal, proposals. As Semafor previously reported, the Guild proposed a ban on scented products in break rooms, unlimited sick time, and accommodations for pet bereavement, as well as mandatory trigger warnings in company meetings discussing events in the news.


A spokesperson for the paper also said that while the union has argued that the strike is a fight for fair wages, the average total compensation of someone in the Tech Guild unit, including salary, bonuses and restricted stock options, is $190,000 — $40,000 more on average than journ*lists in the Times Guild.

https://www.semafor.com/article/09/15/2024/new-york-times-tech-staff-threatens-strike-during-election-day-crunch

I am filled with glee that they failed and hope the NYTimes decides to give them janny salaries :marseyembrace:

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Times management has been frustrated by proposals that would provide more money for nonwhite staff and others from underrepresented communities to attend conferences, and language that would prioritize non-citizens in the US on visas in the case of layoffs — both of which the paper pointed out couldn't be fulfilled because they likely violate employment laws.

This article reads like :marseyoctopus2:

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pet bereavement

lmaoooo holy frick what? bereavement leave is supposed to be for like when ur mom dies

besides if you really need this (lol) just call out sick, "oh but that's lying" nobody fricking cares and all managers assume that some of their employees lie about being sick, as long as you still do work when you're not out they generally don't care.

mandatory trigger warnings in company meetings

I would straight up not obey this if my company made it a policy.

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I would straight up not obey this if my company made it a policy.

why? it's like dont make r__pe jokes

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First they ban r*pe jokes, next thing you know, they're taking away r*pe…

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Golly who's going to r*pe me now?

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trigger warnings in company meetings discussing events in the news.

like a vegan who chooses to work at a slaughterhouse

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!codecels this is fricking why you never produce stable code with good automation and tooling that takes care of itself.

The fricking :marseyjewofthesubcontinent: were fricking right all along and we were too fricking blind to see it.

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Documentation and testing are inherently cowtools of the devil. I want my departure to be as painful as possible if the company ever wrongs me

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You nerds should check out my wall I made it festive. :marseypresents: I think I have a bright future as a webdev.

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Their main demand was no more anti-:marseytrain2: opeds or reporting. Now that they're literally living in MAGA country they realize this is no longer feasible

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A statement released by the guild Monday, which represents more than 600 software developers and data analysts at the paper, called the strike "successful," citing that their walkout meant that the Times' election needle was not live on Election Night, apps were slow to load and emails contained "hundreds of thousands of broken links."

is this what software developers do ???

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https://media.tenor.com/8dAK4BZ8xk4AAAAx/armstrong-made.webp

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Every time I read your name, I laugh.

Mister Wigger.

lol :marseygiggle:

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Why does the NYT need 600 software engineers???

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In non-tech companies, only 10% of the SWEs can actually code

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Tech companies, too (the 90% is outsourced jeets)

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Someone on HN pointed out that a fricking sizable amount of them are fricking for worldwide paper distribution.

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A statement released by the guild Monday, which represents more than 600 software developers and data analysts at the paper, called the strike "successful," citing that their walkout meant that the Times' election needle was not live on Election Night, apps were slow to load and emails contained "hundreds of thousands of broken links."

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is this what software developers actually do though?

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Good I can stop playing wordle then

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lmao. Sweep it up tech janny


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Unions are good though guys!!!!

Marathon Detroit employees are currently doing the same. They got fricked out of huge TAR overtime paychecks and the union leaders aren't doing jack shit so many of them are crossing the line without a deal. The union demands were fricking insane and Marathon just said frick it we'll bring our best guys over for a couple months to run the TAR and then our salary guys who worked in the field previously can take over from there

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noooo it was a warning :marseyredflag: strike :marseyhurricane: and not getting anything :marseycoleporter: means we won :soyj#aktantrum:

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They weren't "600 software developers" they were laptop job people who get angry about actually having to go to work to do their jobs. And their demands were frankly ridiculous.

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What is it about Apple that makes chuds seethe so much? Is it envy?

To add more salt in the wounds of these chuds… did Apple just BTFO all the chud's iToddler bullshit?

>Dismantles arguments about how Macs are useless because "MUH VIDYA"

>Dismantles arguments that iPhones are walled gardens as many methods of sideloading existing

>Explains how ARM architecture allows Macs to perform better than competing Windows devices while using less power

>Explains the entire history of Apple devices BTFOing the competition

>Explains how repairability is the fools strawman issue

How do (You) refute all these arguments? They literally actually have the brain to back their arguments up instead of the chud "iTODDLER" + red hair tranime pics.

>inb4 sage

>inb4 DURRRRRR ITODDLER

>inb4 someone says Linux is superior because muh schïzo privacy feature or like that

Actually refute these arguments… I'll wait.

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