NEW YORK — Many of the over 600 tech workers on strike at the New York Times picketed outside the paper’s headquarters Nov. 5 to demand equitable pay increases with similar workers at other media outlets, as well as stronger protection against unfair dismissal. The software developers, data analysts and designers behind the company’s digital online presence voted 95% in September to authorize a strike by their Tech Guild union, giving company management until around Election Day to offer a fair contract. “Management is still dug in,” a Tech Guild member told the rally, but “our newsroom colleagues are standing with us,” refusing to do struck work. A Times spokesperson said the company was disappointed that the union “would strike at this time.”
