This contract is a testament to the collective power they’ve built and serves as an example of what can be accomplished when workers band together and demand their worth,” Susan DeCarava, NewsGuild of New York president, said. “Our members at Wirecutter love what they do, and now they will be fairly paid for their work. NewsGuild, the labor organization representing the Wirecutter union, as well as staffers at BuzzFeed and The Daily Beast, echoed the sentiment. “This contract came to fruition because every single one of us held the line on what we deserve,” Kobos added. Media can be a tumultuous environment, but we love what we do, so we organize to make it better,” Sarah Kobos, a Wirecutter senior photo editor, told The Daily Beast. We have not only raised the bar for our members but for the industry as a whole. “I am so proud of what we as a union have accomplished. The Times is also facing ongoing labor disputes with groups of unionized reporters and tech workers.With contract battles behind them, the union believes the deal is the result of its members’ persistent solidarity. Wirecutter makes money by taking a cut of each sale generated through links on its pages. The Wirecutter Union is calling on the public to support the strike by not shopping through the site. We're actively working with the Wirecutter Union to reach a collective bargaining agreement that continues to reward our employees for their work and contributions to The Times's success, and we look forward to continuing those negotiations at the bargaining table in early December," she said. "The New York Times has a long history of productive relationships with unions to advance our shared objectives.
The Times is working with the union to reach a deal, Danielle Rhoades Ha, the paper's vice president of communications, told Insider in an email.
Times management has offered paltry guaranteed wage increases of only 0.5%, despite soaring inflation and cash flows," the union said on its website. Yet our members have seen next to no financial benefit from their vital contributions to this success. "Wirecutter continues to bring in record revenue for the Times, which is sitting on over $1 billion in cash.
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