New York Times union members to hold huge walkout Thursday

More than 1,100 members of the New York Times union will walk off the job Thursday after contract talks fell apart, the paper’s guild announced.

“Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go,” the union tweeted Wednesday night. “It’s official: [New York Times Guild] members are walking out for 24 hours on Thursday. We know what we’re worth.”

The union and Times management have been negotiating for more than 20 months. Last week, the guild announced plans to walk out for the first time in 40 years if a contract wasn’t agreed upon by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

The New York Times building in Manhattan.

The union said Times leadership wants to cut health care contributions and eliminate minimum pay scales for new hires. The guild also said management was “stuck on paltry pay increases.”

It’s the first strike by Times staffers since the 1980s and comes as newsrooms across the country have been unionizing.

“We’re asking readers to not engage in any [New York Times] platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line!” the union tweeted. “Read local news. Listen to public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.”

Guild members — from journalists to sales staff and security guards and many others who keep the Times operational — are planning to rally outside the New York Times Building on Eighth Avenue on Thursday afternoon.

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