The union accused the Times of “unfair labor practices.” Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images In a statement, a Times spokesperson said they are working with the union to reach an agreement. “Hopefully we’ll be able to wrap this up in a way that is fair to our members.” “It’s not an indefinite strike so we’ll see how bargaining goes when we do return,” Guy told the Journal. Nick Guy, the Wirecutter Union unit chair, told the Journal that they expect to go back to work after the busy shopping weekend. Wirecutter went on strike amid a stalemate in pay negotiations. Times’ management has agreed to a 1 percent annual raise and the possibility of merit-based raises, according to the report. Staffers at the site are requesting a 2.5 percent annual wage increase and higher minimum salaries, the Wall Street Journal reported. tweet Thursday and encouraged New York Times employees to not cross the “digital picket line.” The Wirecutter union is part of the News Guild of New York, which represents workers at several newsrooms in the city. “Our labor continues to bring in record revenue for the Times and helped to grow Wirecutter by 10k subscribers in the past quarter,” it added. “Our staff works around the clock during the Black Friday shopping week, our busiest and most profitable time of year, putting in extra hours over the holiday to serve our readers,” the union said in a statement. The union that represents the workforce said they’ve been locked in contract negotiations for two years, and the Times has not budged on “unfair labor practices” that underpay Wirecutter staff. Union workers at the New York Times’ product-review website Wirecutter have gone on strike ahead of the Black Friday shopping weekend over a stalemate in pay negotiations, the union said Thursday. Trump-deranged media races again to tarnish ex-prez via unnamed sources Media is back to anonymous, one-source stories on Trump that we can’t trust anymore Pundits cheer ‘Aviator Joe’ Biden while ignoring the real issues of his presidencyĬBS’s Norah O’Donnell just made our point about Trump-deranged media’s use of unnamed sources to smear ex-prez