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New York Times Union Staffers Seriously Weigh a Walkout Amid Tense Contract Fight<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p><em><strong>This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week’s edition of </strong></em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=confider&tdb_source=confider&tdb_medium=top_article"><em><strong>Confider</strong></em></a><em><strong>, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe </strong></em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=confider&tdb_source=confider&tdb_medium=top_article"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a><em><strong> and send your questions, tips, and complaints </strong></em><a href="mailto:confider@thedailybeast.com"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></p> <p><em>New York Times</em> journalists are now seriously discussing a mass walkout if their long-delayed contract is not inked by year’s end, Confider has learned.</p> <p> The dramatic escalation comes after months of drawn-out negotiations have stalled, leaving employees pissed that they have not seen a pay raise since March 2020. The company has offered staffers a 2.7-percent per year average raise while the NewsGuild is holding firm at 6 percent over the span of the contract. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-union-staffers-seriously-weigh-walking-out-amid-tense-contract-fight?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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This reporting appears as one of several scoops featured in this week’s edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.

New York Times journalists are now seriously discussing a mass walkout if their long-delayed contract is not inked by year’s end, Confider has learned.

The dramatic escalation comes after months of drawn-out negotiations have stalled, leaving employees pissed that they have not seen a pay raise since March 2020. The company has offered staffers a 2.7-percent per year average raise while the NewsGuild is holding firm at 6 percent over the span of the contract.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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