Wirecutter union’s extended strike over the long weekend threatens to hit the Times in its wallet. “And for your reference, casual employees work regular hours across the company.

“All of the casual employees were scheduled to work during this period before the strike was announced,” the spokesperson wrote. In a statement to The Daily Beast, a New York Times spokesperson vehemently rejected any notion that they were bringing in “scab” labor. NY Times Lawyers Accidentally Send Private Strategy Memo to Staff Union “We’re appalled that the Times is relying on our non-union colleagues at the Times to work overtime during a holiday weekend rather than sitting down at the table with us and hammering out a contract once and for all.” “ The New York Times is treating workers like they're expendable and engaging in exactly the kind of worker exploitation they have condemned at other companies,” Wirecutter senior photo editor and interim vice-chair of the union Sarah Kobos told The Daily Beast. Of greatest urgency to management are positions manning Wirecutter’s social-media presence and back-end technical slots, sources told The Daily Beast. These staffers are not part of the fledgling Wirecutter union but do take on shifts at the e-commerce site when needed.Įmployees who do fill in for the striking staffers will likely be tasked with giving the website the appearance of being fully staffed during the historically busy shopping weekend. In response, two people familiar with the matter confirmed to The Daily Beast, the Times has begun recruiting “casual employees” to fill the void created by the multi-day strike, which begins at midnight heading into Thanksgiving. In an effort to ramp up pressure on Times brass, the Wirecutter union this week announced a strike for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and urged readers to not purchase products through their site, striking at a source of revenue for the paper. Times management and the union representing staffers at the paper’s product review page have been deadlocked for nearly two years in negotiating an initial collective bargaining agreement. In an effort to minimize the financial impact of unionized staffers at Wirecutter striking on Black Friday, The New York Times has attempted to recruit “scab” labor to work the ecommerce website for the lucrative shopping weekend, The Daily Beast has learned.

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