Today, the only five-letter word that New York Times readers should be focused on is “union.” Ahead of a planned 24-hour work stoppage over stalled contract negotiations, the newspaper’s guild, made up of more than a thousand unionized staffers, is asking supporters to refrain from engaging with Times content—and that includes playing the daily Wordle.
“We’re asking readers to stand with us on the digital picket line and not visit any NYT platforms tomorrow,” tweeted reporter Maggie Astor last night. “Read local news. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.”
Other means of passive support for the labor action, other employees tweeted, extends to not playing the Times’ other games, including its crossword and Spelling Bee.
As reported previously on Matzav.com, the walkout constitutes the first of its kind at the newspaper in more than four decades, and comes after members of the NewsGuild say they have been consistently frustrated with management’s attitude since their last contract expired last March.
“We’re asking readers to stand with us on the digital picket line and not visit any NYT platforms tomorrow,” tweeted reporter Maggie Astor
I’ll do better than that. I’ll ask you not to visit any NYT platfroms EVER
LOL! Maybe we can start our own PERMANENT picket line over there, and we can tell Maggie Astor not to be so short-sighted.
When asked what message they were trying to convey with the Wordle, spelling bee and crossword boycott, Times reporter, Maggie Astor, told reporters: “The message we are sending to the Times brass is quite clear. ‘We are very serious about our contract demands and our walkout threats. We are not playing games with them or bluffing. We’ll quit, if we have to!”
Well, I went atraight to Wordle. Hint: The word is NOT union and I got it on my 3rd guess.
And When the NYT reporters start to write real unbiased news, I’ll think about staying away from Wordle.