includes several new mechanics to set the game apart from its predecessors, such as web wings for traversal, or the inclusion of symbiote abilities for Peter Parker. While the game does pare back the amount of gadgets that are available from previous entries, eschewing the gadget wheel selection menu for a more streamlined system, it does add a new item that can greatly improve stealth.
New York Times Tech Workers to Strike Over Return-to-Office Rules, Contract Delays
31.10.2023 - 10:25 / tech.hindustantimes.com / New
New York Times Co. technology workers plan to mount a half-day strike Monday afternoon, accusing the media company of trying to unilaterally force them back to the office without negotiating in good faith.
The employees, who include software engineers and product managers, voted 404-to-88 last year to unionize with the NewsGuild, extending a wider wave of organizing in US technology and media businesses.
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The work stoppage will begin at 1 p.m., the New York Times Tech Guild said, with the union holding demonstrations on Zoom and in-person outside the Times' Manhattan headquarters, where some will wear Halloween costumes. The vast majority of the nearly 700 employees in the tech guild have agreed to participate in the strike, the union said.
Workers have been in contract talks with Times management for 15 months, and said the company has been dragging its feet in negotiations while trying to curb their ability to work from home. US National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have concluded that the company violated federal law by unilaterally implementing a return-to-office plan and failing to negotiate with the union over it, according to Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the board. Absent a settlement, a regional director of the agency will issue a complaint against the Times, Blado said in an email.
Danielle Rhoades Ha, a New York Times spokesperson, denied wrongdoing and said the company had been following government guidance on Covid-19 protocol, adding that no NLRB members or judges have ruled against the company's approach. She said Times management has been meeting regularly for contract talks with the guild, and has offered to meet more frequently in smaller groups, rather than the guild issuing invitations to the entire membership to attend.
“We believe that allowing people the flexibility to work together in the office at times and remotely at other times benefits everyone by ensuring that we maintain the strong, collaborative environment that has come to define our culture and drive our success,” Rhoades Ha said in an email.
By imposing policies unilaterally and threatening workers with punishment if they don't comply, Times management is behaving as though the employees never unionized, said Kathy Zhang, the tech guild's chair.
“The company continues to act like we don't exist,” said Zhang, who works on the Times' audience team. “We're hoping that when we show how much solidarity we have and how many members are feeling very strongly against management's actions, that they will see that we are serious.”
The tech staff at the Times have drawn inspiration from other striking workers this year, she said, including United Auto Workers members and Hollywood
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