‘Wordle’ fans can play again as tech strike ends

12 November, 2024

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Tech staff at The New York Times have ended their strike, promising to “move our fight inside”, meaning you can now play Wordle again guilt-free.

Last week, tech workers at the publication downed tools, stating “key concerns such as remote/hybrid work protections, just cause job protections, which the newsroom union has had for decades; limits on subcontracting; and pay equity/ fair pay” had not been “meaningfully addressed” by management.

The striking workers asked people to support them by not playing New York Times games such as Wordle and Connections for the duration of the strike. As reported by The Wrap, The New York Times Tech Guild will end its strike today, (November 12).

In a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, the Guild wrote: “Tuesday, we will be returning to work, after a successful Election Week ULP Strike. We clearly demonstrated how valuable our work is to @nytimes. And now we’ll move our fight inside.”

Kathy Zhang, Tech Guild union chair and senior analytics manager at the Times, wrote that the Election Week Strike “showed that we have the full support of subscribers and allies across the country going forward.”

Zhang added: “Instead of bargaining with Tech Guild, Times’ executives stubbornly put a critically important Election Day at risk … What broke down during this strike broke because our members weren’t at work.”

During the strike, protesting workers shared alternatives that gamers could play. Some of the games included were Strikeman, a version of classic word game Hangman, and Scabby’s Fair Contract Builder where you control Scabby the rat as he tries to collect falling good proposals while avoiding the bad ones.

In other news, a Persona 5 jazz cover has been nominated for a Grammy.

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