The Athletic editorial staff unionizes with The NewsGuild of New York, asks the NYT to recognize membership

The editorial staff of The Athletic announced Monday that it has arranged with The NewsGuild of New York to become a part. New York Times Newsroom union, The Times Guild.

Now, The Athletic is asking New York Times management to unionize its employees in an email to Times Publisher AG Sulzberger and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on behalf of nearly 200 editorial staff across the US. press release shared with Fox News Digital.

“We are proud of what The Athletic and The New York Times as a whole have done since our acquisition in 2022, and we know that our inclusion in the Times Guild will only strengthen our work,” it said. in the letter.

The New York Times building is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on August 3, 2020.

The New York Times acquired the online sports news site in 2022, and while management initially insisted that The Athletic’s operations would be separate, they were integrated into the newsroom, Times management said in a press release is the New York Times sports desk in September 2023, and the job has been assigned to Times staff assigned to The Athletic.

Time Guild leaders also sent a statement to management stating that they fully support The Athletic’s inclusion in their union.

“We are calling on the company to recognize what has been right since the company began publishing The Athletic’s work under The New York Times banner.

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The Athletic’s senior investigative writer Kathy Strang is urging New York Times management to include her team in the bargaining unit.

The New York Times Building (iStock / iStock)

“Over the past few months, we’ve organized around the principle of preserving what makes The Athletic great: our staff, our work and our loyal readers,” he said work, and we believe we should be afforded the same privileges and protections as members of the Times Guild under their present contract.”

If management does not recognize The Athletic’s request to become part of the Times Guild, the union will pursue other legal avenues, according to a press release.

“The Times should recognize these workers as part of the Times Guild,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “We will not support a two-tier system that disempowers workers and undermines our members. management radius that The Athletic is a separate entity.”

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The New York Times newspaper office building is seen in Manhattan, New York on October 26, 2022. (Beata Zawrzel/Nur Photo via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The New York Times Tech Guild reached a preliminary contract agreement with management in December, a month after that election week strike. members of the union returned to work in early November, after a week-long pre-election strike when they initially failed to reach an agreement with the leadership.

It three year contract is a first for the Times Tech Guild, the bargaining unit of The NewsGuild of New York and the largest union of technology workers with collective bargaining rights in the country.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to the New York Times for comment.