New York Times lawyers accidentally releases 'private strategy memo' to newly-formed staff union: report

Lawyers for The New York Times reportedly shared a memo that wasn't meant to be seen by a newly-formed union made up of hundreds of staffers amid contentious negotiations.

However, also attached to the email was NewsGuild organizer Rachel Sanders, who represents the Times staffers involved in these negotiations as well as unionized employees from other news outlets for the guild's New York chapter.  "In April, a group of software engineers, designers, and data analysts announced to Times management that they had majority support to form a union among what the group said was 650 tech staffers eligible to be included," the Beast reported. "The paper rejected the union’s request to be voluntarily recognized, opting instead to hold a vote among prospective members conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. Since then, the two sides have been locked in tense negotiations over who should be allowed in the union and entitled to vote on its ratification or rejection."