New York Times Tech Strikers Sing 'No Scabs' and Call a Wordle Boycott

Hundreds of tech workers at the New York Times walked off the job Monday, November 4, in an open-ended strike. They are fighting for more equitable wages, better job security, and flexibility around remote work.

The Times Tech Guild, which consists of 675 workers represented by the NewsGuild of New York, is also protesting the company’s unfair labor practices, alleging that the New York Times intimidated union members and violated status quo by demanding that workers return to the office.

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The workers are asking the public to honor their picket line by boycotting the NYT Games app and the NYT Cooking app. (As an alternative, check out the growing selection of solidarity-themed games and recipes that strikers are assembling here.)

Yesterday the workers continued picketing in front of New York Times headquarters in midtown Manhattan, singing “No Scabs,” a parody of the TLC hit “No Scrubs.” This is the largest-ever strike of tech workers in the U.S., according to the NewsGuild of New York.