The New York Times Tech Guild ended their strike Monday despite not reaching an improved contract deal with the paper, but promised to “move the fight inside” after their absence was felt on Election Night with numerous glitches.
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.”
Kathy Zhang, Tech Guild union chair and senior analytics manager at the Times, wrote in the statement that the Election Week Strike “showed that we have the full support of subscribers and allies across the country going forward.”