Poynter By: Angela Fu 3/3/2022
After more than 10 months of public organizing, New York Times tech workers vote 404-88 to unionize
The new unit, which is organized by the NewsGuild, is now the largest unit of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country.Tech workers at The New York Times voted 404-88 to unionize as the New York Times Tech Guild, the union announced Thursday.
The guild, which includes more than 500 engineers, project and product managers, designers and analysts, is now the largest unit of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country. They are organized by the NewsGuild, the largest union of journalists.
As an official from the National Labor Relations Board counted the ballots Thursday, the guild marked the occasion with a live vote tracker.
“This is a historic win,” the union tweeted. “We stand in solidarity with all workers organizing to build better workplaces in the tech and media industries.”
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