The Athletic staff seeks to unionize with The NewsGuild of New York, asks the NYT to recognize membership [Video]

The editorial staff at The Athletic announced Monday it has organized with The NewsGuild of New York to become part of the New York Times’ newsroom union, The Times Guild. 

Now, The Athletic is asking New York Times management to recognize its staffers as part of the union in an email on behalf of about 200 U.S.-based editorial staff to Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger and CEO Meredith Kopit Levien, according to a press release shared with Fox News Digital. 

“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,” the letter says.

The New York Times acquired the online sports news outlet in 2022 and while management originally claimed The Athletic’s operations would be separate, they were integrated into the newsroom, the press release said. Times management closed the New York Times …