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Wirecutter Union Raises Over $42,000 for Workers Who Went on Strike
Money was raised on union’s GoFundMe page; contract talks at product-recommendation site set to resume
Wirecutter, which is owned by the New York Times, began offering paid subscriptions in September.
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Supporters of Wirecutter, the product-recommendation site whose staffers went on strike for five days, have raised over $42,000 to help compensate workers for missed overtime pay.
Unionized staffers went on strike from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday due to a contract stalemate with the site’s owner, theNew York Times Co. The proceeds from the fundraiser, which concluded Monday night, are earmarked toward paying union members the overtime pay they would have accrued during the strike.
Money raised through the fundraising website GoFundMe exceeded the union’s earlier goals of $10,000 and $25,000. The fund got more than 900 donations, some for as little as $10.
“We were pleasantly surprised,” said Nick Guy, Wirecutter union chairman and a senior staff writer for the website. He said the extra money raised will go toward supporting other worker strikes outside of Wirecutter.
The union’s strike spanned the popular holiday shopping period known for both its deals online and in stores. It is a popular time for people to visit Wirecutter’s site, which can earn money from commissions when people purchase products through its links.
During the strike, the Wirecutter union—a group of 65 Wirecutter staffers—asked viewers not to visit Wirecutter’s website.
“This month has been our best ever for total audience in Wirecutter’s 10-year history,” Danielle Rhoades Ha, a New York Times spokeswoman, said in an email. “Readership and revenue over the last five days reached many of the highs of 2020, and vastly outperformed 2019.”
The company and union plan to meet for contract negotiations in December.
Tens of thousands of American workers are on strike and thousands more are attempting to unionize. WSJ examines the roots of this new labor activity and speaks with a labor economist for more context on U.S. labor’s changing landscape. Photo: Alyssa Keown/AP
Wages are the primary sticking point in the talks, which have been ongoing since December 2019. The union is proposing a 2.5% annual wage increase.
The New York Times acquired Wirecutter in 2016 and started offering paid subscriptions to the site at the beginning of September. On the company’s recent earnings call, Chief Executive Meredith Kopit Levien said Wirecutter hit 10,000 net subscriptions in the first month. She said the offering was “off to a promising start, especially among existing Times subscribers.”
Wirecutter’s union is part of the NewsGuild of New York. The union that represents staffers at The Wall Street Journal is also affiliated with the NewsGuild.
Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com
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