New York Times Staffers Take Stand Against Return-to-Office Push (1)

Hundreds of New York Times Co. employees are working from home this week in defiance of the company’s renewed return-to-office push.

More than 1,200 people, who are the majority of the journalists and tech workers represented by the NewsGuild of New York, pledged not to return to the office Monday in an effort to get the Times to negotiate over RTO plans, according to the union.

“Health and safety policies are a part of contract negotiations and they have to be bargained over,” Times software engineer Carrie Price said in an interview Monday. “Being in charge of our own personal risk assessment is ...