Approximately 200 staffers at The New York Times’ sports site The Athletic have announced their intent to unionize with the NY Times Guild and are asking newspaper leadership to voluntarily recognize them as part of the newsroom union.
“We are proud of all that The Athletic and The New York Times as a whole has accomplished since our 2022 acquisition, and we know that our inclusion in the Times Guild will only further strengthen our work,” a letter from organizers at The Athletic to Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien read.
A spokesperson from the Times confirmed to TheWrap that they have “received and are reviewing” the Athletic staffers’ written intent to unionize.