NY Times Staffers Become News With First Walkout in Four Decades
Their one-day stoppage is the first by the newspaper’s journalists since 1981.
New York Times journalists and other staff protest outside the Times' office in New York, on Dec. 8.
Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo
The first full-day work stoppage in four decades at the New York Times is putting the newspaper’s staff in the awkward position of making news, instead of reporting it.
More than 1,000 New York Times Co. staffers staged a one-day walkout Thursday in a dispute over pay and benefits at the publishing company, according to the New York Times Guild, which represents the employees. Times staffers have been without a contract since March 2021.