New York Times Co.
is resisting a unionization effort by its technology workers and is battling the newsroom’s main union over the creation of new holidays as labor strife at the publisher intensifies.
Roughly 600 tech workers at the Times—including employees in engineering, product management, project management, design and data analysis—are currently voting on whether to unionize in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board. Ballots are due in mid-February, with results expected in March.
The Times’s management has declined to voluntarily recognize the new union, which is seeking to organize as part of the NewsGuild of New York.
The company has recently sent pamphlets to tech staffers that say it has made progress on “career growth and development, company culture and [diversity, equity…
