Don’t Cross the Wirecutter Picket LineWirecutter employees are asking us to resist the temptation of their own excellent deals this Black Friday weekend and boycott the site. The Wirecutter union announced today that every member of its unit has agreed to walk out from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday in protest of the New York Times management’s alleged foot-dragging on contract negotiations. Wirecutter union members’ salaries fall far short of those of their newsroom colleagues, Guy said, claiming that the median Wirecutter union salary is $US43,000 (A$59,507) less than that of Times Guild members (i.e., news reporters). “We have been told at the table, at least once, ‘you don’t do New York Times work,’” Guy said. We know that Wirecutter was purchased by the Times because it is New York Times-quality work.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2021 22:47 UTC