Ngokusakazwa kwayo okubanzi kanye nokwansuku zonke, ubuntatheli obugunyaziwe bezenzakalo zamanje, i New York Times sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu kubhekwa “njengephephandaba eliqoshiwe”. Kodwa ngoLwesine, Disemba 8, kube nembobo kulelo rekhodi - noma, okungenani, ipulaki ebuthaka.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-20 zezingxoxo zenkontileka ezingagculisi nelinye lamaphephandaba okuwukuphela kwawo asabona ukwanda kokubhaliswa kwabafundi, Times abasebenzi banele. Kusukela phakathi kwamabili ngoDisemba 8, abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-1,100 baqopha umlando njengoba beqala Ukuhamba amahora angu-24 ngokuphikisana ne Times Ukwehluleka kwabaphathi ukuxoxisana ngenkontileka enobulungiswa kanye nokuhlangabezana nezidingo zenyunyana yabo, i-NewsGuild yaseNew York. Kungokokuqala ngqa kwegumbi lezindaba ukuphuma kulesi sikali kusukela ngesiteleka sezinsuku eziningi ngoSepthemba nango-Okthoba ka-1965.
“Sonke sifuna ukwenza imisebenzi yethu kodwa sidinga ukukhombisa [abaphathi] ukuthi siyakwazi ukubaluleka kwethu,” kusho u-Lauren Leibowitz, obengumhleli wamakhophi wesikhathi esigcwele wesigaba se-Opinion kusukela ngoJuni.
Usihlalo wophiko lwe-Times Guild uBill Baker uthumele incwadi esayinwe izisebenzi ezingaphezu kuka-1,000 ku-CEO nomshicileli wephepha ngomhla ka-2 Dis., exwayisa ngokuthi abasebenzi bazohamba ngezinyawo uma ingekho inkontileka ngoDis. 8. Inombolo yezithembiso zesiteleka sanda ngemva kwalokho. , futhi amandla osongo lwesiteleka enziwa abonakala ezingxoxweni. Abaphathi bavuma ezindabeni ezithile, okuhlanganisa nokugcina izikhwama zempesheni zabasebenzi. “[Abaphathi] bebengeke banyakaze njengoba benzile ukube bebengenayo le ndlela yokuphuma ngaphandle,” kusho uLeibowitz.
Ngaphandle komnyakazo wokuqala etafuleni lezingxoxo, izinhlangothi zombili zehlulekile ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni ekupheleni kosuku lukaDisemba 7, ngakho abasebenzi bafeza isithembiso sabo base beyeka umsebenzi. "Silapha ukuze senze isiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke siqhubeke silindile," intatheli yezamabhizinisi nelungu lekomidi lezingxoxo uStacy Cowley etshela i-TRNN.
Ngenkathi abaphathi bezama ukugcina i Times izinkundla ezisebenza ngokuqukethwe okubhalwe kusengaphambili nokusindisiwe, iningi lezisebenzi liwuyeke umsebenzi walo, okubangele ukugeleza okuvamile kwemibiko, ama-podcasts, ukwaziswa okubukhoma, nokunye okwengeziwe ukuthi kume. Abaphathi babikele abatelekile ukuthi bazokhokha ngosuku.
Kubizwe abasebenzi Times abafundi ukuthi bame ebunyeni ngokwephula imisho yabo ye-Wordle noma ye-crossword kanye ungahlanganyeli nanoma yiziphi izinkundla zenkampani ngesikhathi sesiteleka samahora angama-24. Abasebenzi bathathele kuTwitter baphakamisa ukuthi kufundwe izindaba zasendaweni nokulalela umsakazo womphakathi esikhundleni senkosikazi engwevu, ngaphezu kokunikela ezinkulungwaneni zezincwadi zokweseka esezithunyelwe Times umshicileli u-A.G. Sulzberger kanye no-CEO u-Meredith Kopit Levien.
I-New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman ungene, ethumela ku-tweet ividiyo yakhe ekhuthaza abafundi ukuthi bangaweqi umugqa wokuqopha wedijithali, kuyilapho uSen. Bernie Sanders waseVermont wezwakalisa nokuseseka kwakhe. Ngemfashini ye-Teamsters yakudala, abasebenzi be-UPS be-New York Teamsters Local 804 bazibophezele ukuthi ngeke balungise iphepha, Ngenkathi abazimele nabahleli nge-Freelance Solidarity Project ufunge ukuthi uzogadla eceleni Times izisebenzi.
Maduze nje ekhoneni kusuka esitolo esihlangene se-Starbucks ne-Amazon Go, abasebenzi baso muva nje wafaka isicelo sokhetho lwenyunyana ne-Workers United, NYT abasebenzi nabalingani wasukuma phambi kwe Times isakhiwo maphakathi nedolobha iManhattan. Ngaphansi kwesikafula kwakukhona ulwandle olubomvu, umbala wegiya le-NewsGuild kanye ne-Communications Workers of America eligqokwa abagadli nabasekeli babo. Kuqhume ukuthokoza ngenxa yokwesekwa okuvela kwa-FedEx namanye amaloli ezentengiselwano abeshibilika emgwaqeni omncane u-40th Street ngendlela eyodwa.
Izikhulumi phambi kwesixuku esivelele bekungobani Times zonke izinkanyezi, osopolitiki baseNew York, nabaholi bezabasebenzi: Umlawuli we-NYC uBrad Lander; intatheli eyinkanyezi kanye neLungu Lomkhandlu u-Nikole Hannah-Jones; intatheli yezemidlalo kanye noSihlalo Wendawo we-NewsGuild uJenny Vrentas; Times Umhleli uTom Coffey; kanye nentatheli yezezimali kanye nomxoxi wenyunyana u-Stacy Cowley; kanye noMongameli Wezizwe Ngezizwe weNewsguild-CWA uJon Schleuss, NewsGuild kaMongameli waseNew York uSusan DeCarava, uMongameli we-AFL-CIO waseNew York uMario Cliento, kanye nePhini likaMongameli we-CWA District 1 uDennis Trainor.
Unjiniyela wesoftware uCarrie Price we Times' abasebenzi bezobuchwepheshe abasanda kuhlanganiswa, abahlele isidlo sasemini esiyihora eli-1 ngokubambisana nabasebenza nabo, baphinde bakhuluma.
Phakathi kohide lwezimfuno, ukukhushulwa kwamaholo kwakubalulekile. "Ngiyazi ukuthi kunjani ukungakhokhelwa ngokwanele ukuze ngikhokhe izikweletu zami," u-Hannah-Jones etshela i-TRNN. "Ngilapha ngoba kubalulekile ukukhulumela ozakwethu abangakwenzi okubafanele."
Times abasebenzi abakaze babone ukukhushulwa kusukela ngo-2020, futhi isiphakamiso samaholo sabaphathi sokunyuswa kwamaholo ngo-2.875% ngonyaka kukho konke ukuphila kwenkontileka sizoba nomthelela ekuncishisweni kwamaholo. "Ukwehla kwamandla emali akusizi lutho," kusho uLeibowitz engxoxweni eyaholela ekuphumeni. "Abantu babona inani lomholo wabo liwohloka ngenkathi inkampani ikhula ngesiqeshana esimangalisayo."
Ngaphezu kokukhushulwa okuphezulu ebhodini lonkana, inyunyana ifuna ukuthi amalungu e-Guild akhokhe imali engu-$65,000. Abasebenzi abakhulume ne-TRNNare livid ukuthi umqashi wabo uthembise u-$150 million wokuthenga isitoko futhi wakhuphula amaholo aphezulu ngo-30% ngenkathi enqaba ukuhlangabezana nezimfuno zabo zamaholo. Leli phepha liphakathi kwabambalwa abasakhulisa inani lababhalisile, ngenxa yengxenye enkulu yokusebenza kanzima nokuzidela kwabasebenzi balo, futhi libike ukuthi $36.6 million inzuzo engxenyeni yesithathu iyodwa.
"Inkampani inenzuzo enkulu manje ngemuva kokuphuma ezikhathini ezinzima," uCoffey, umakadebona weminyaka engu-25. Times, utshele i-TRNN. “Sabasiza ukuthi baqede lezo zikhathi ezinzima ngokukhushulelwa imali encane, sibuyise umshwalense wethu wezempilo, impesheni yethu. Manje sifuna isabelo sethu esifanele futhi izimfuno zethu azikho okungenangqondo.”
"Asisuki etafuleni kuze kube yilapho sithola ipuleti eligcwele kanye nesabelo sethu esifanele," kusho uDeCarava.
Empendulweni ye-imeyili eya ku-TRNN, Times umkhulumeli uDanielle Rhoades Ha ubhale wathi, “Sibheke ngabomvu ukuqala kabusha izingxoxo. Simagange ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni sokuxoxisana esihlomulisa izintatheli zethu ngokwezimali ngeqhaza lazo empumelelweni ye-The Times, ibhekele ezezimali futhi iyaqhubeka nokubheka isimo semboni esiyinselele.”
Ubumbano luzwakale ngobuningi kulo mbuthano. Umbhali wezemidlalo uVrentas wamemeza ngesidingo sokuvikela abasebenzi abasengozini kakhulu e- Times: ozakwethu begumbi lezindaba, abasebenzi abanama-visa axhaswe ngumqashi, onogada, nezisebenzi eziyitoho nezesikhashana. U-Leibowitz utshele i-TRNN ukuthi ubeyisisebenzi esizihlalele ngaphambi kokuqashwa ngokugcwele, futhi wagcizelela ukuthi abasebenzi abayitoho nabayitoho bavamise ukuhlukaniswa ngendlela engafanele futhi basebenze ngempumelelo amashejuli ajwayelekile.
Abasebenzi nabo bafuna i Times bathuthukise uhlelo lwabo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo, obelulokhu lulahlekelwa, kanye nokwamukela ukuhlolwa kwemisebenzi okunobulungiswa okubonisa amanani okuhlukahluka, ukulingana, nokufakwa. Ukuhlaziywa kwedatha ye-Times Guild kuthole ukuthi ukuphathwa ngendlela ehlelekile inikeza abasebenzi abamnyama nabaLatino izilinganiso zomsebenzi ezibuthakathaka kunezisebenzi ezimhlophe.
Isenzo sabasebenzi siza njengoba nezinye izinkundla zezindaba zeNewsGuild ezweni lonke nazo zitelekile. Abasebenzi be- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,abasanda kungena zabo isonto lesikhombisa lokushaywa phezu kokusikeka okungekho emthethweni ezinzuzweni zabo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo, kuphume ngokubambisana. Khonamanjalo, izintatheli e Fort Worth Star-Telegram uqophe umlando ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba ngokwethula i- isiteleka sokuqala segumbi lezindaba elivuliwe emlandweni waseTexas. Njengoba kushicilelwa, isiteleka sabo sisaqhubeka.
Izenzo zabasebenzi zalolu hlobo bezimbalwa futhi ziphakathi kakhulu Times, kodwa lokhu kuphuma kungaba ukuphrakthiza izenzo ezimangalisayo ezizayo. U-Cowley uthuke isixuku lapho ememezela ukuthi ivoti lokugunyazwa kwesiteleka lingase lidingeke uma abaphathi beqhubeka nokungaxoxisani ngobuqotho.
Izikhulumi zemihlangano ziphindaphinda kaningi ukuthi inkontileka idonsa kanzima Times kuwumzabalazo wawo wonke umkhakha wezindaba, futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, nawo wonke umbutho wabasebenzi. "Okwehlela kukho ukumiswa kabusha kwesakhiwo samandla ezindaweni zethu zokusebenza," kusho uDeCarava.
“Sinamandla angaphezu kwalawo esiwaziyo,” eqhubeka, “futhi ingxenye yomsebenzi wokuhlela kanye nengxenye yalokho engicabanga ukuthi inhlangano yabasebenzi - futhi lokho ngokuqinisekile thina kwaNewsGuild - esitshalwe kukho ngempela ukunikeza amalungu ethu amathuluzi. ukuqaphela ukuthi banawo lawo mandla, bese bewasebenzisa.”
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