[HN Gopher] New York Times Tech Staff to Walk Out, Escalating Un...
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       New York Times Tech Staff to Walk Out, Escalating Union Fight
        
       Author : ughitsaaron
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2021-08-10 20:38 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bloomberg.com)
        
       | mikestew wrote:
       | Management isn't explaining _why_ they would like to restrict
       | "tech workers" to software engineers, leaving out data
       | scientists, et. al. All this article quotes is management's
       | disappointment that this was brought to light. Yes, we know
       | whatever answer is given is going to be bullshit, but at least
       | pretend to try.
        
       | JPKab wrote:
       | It should be considered odd that a paper which is so extensive in
       | featuring and promoting social justice (particularly on race)
       | behaves like this. That is until you look at Amazon and other
       | organizations, and realize that they use race essentialism to
       | side-step and distract from class oriented issues like unions.
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       | One requires relatively cheap, token demonstrations of fealty.
       | The other requires paying your employees fairly. They pick the
       | former, and everyone just nods along.
        
         | rainonmoon wrote:
         | This is a hallmark of neoliberalism. Progress stops at
         | representation (at most) and never goes as far as equity.
        
         | tootie wrote:
         | I'm pretty sure the NYTimes would very explicitly say they are
         | neutral on all these topics. Editors may be willing to run
         | stories but it's absolutely never company policy.
        
       | 71a54xd wrote:
       | Looks like the NYT can't even do communism right.
        
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