New Yorker union averts a strike, reaches agreement with bosses

The union, part of the NewsGuild of New York, formed three years ago and includes fact-checkers, Web producers and copy editors but not staff writers — most of whom are contractors with the magazine, despite having brand-name reputations of their own. Union leaders had argued that the status quo for these more invisible yet vital workers was unacceptable. Base pay at the magazine, located in one of the most expensive cities in the country, starts at $42,000, and some workers who have been there for two decades still make less than $60,000.