If anyone is looking for up-to-the-minute election results today/tonight, you should look elsewhere than the New York Times. After months of threats and negotiations, the Times’ tech workers union on Monday called for a full strike, and it has continued into Election Day. Over 600 workers are now out on the sidewalks picketing, and the paper is saddled with a massive distraction.
On the day when timely results and accurate data streams are important, it is not known just how much this will impact the Times’ coverage. These are the software engineers and others with tech expertise who are not part of the newsroom staff and are in a separate guild. The main operations may not be directly impacted but if any flaws or tech issues develop, it could deliver a bit of a crisis at the paper. But it is a bad look, regardless:
The threat…
