Wordle is one of the most popular digital puzzle games that you can play right now. It was so popular when it launched a few years ago that it spawned many clones and blatant frauds. Its popularity eventually brought in the New York Times, which added its own touch.
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The game has been a big hit from the New York Times over the past couple of years. It offers new puzzles every day. However, it looks like the NYT tech team doesn't want you to play this game. Including others who owns the said game Officials went on strike over unfair labor practices. and urges readers not to play games with unity.
Don't cross the digital fence line.
As reported by Eurogamer, the strike was organized by The Times Tech Guild, a union covering approximately 600 employees who oversee the website and games departments of the New York Times. It was reported that the strike began after the department NYT management did not come to an agreement with the union after “multiple rounds of intensive negotiations.”
“As NYTGuildTech attacks this ULP, we want [New York Times] Members will not play any Times games, such as Wordle or Connections, or use cooking apps. Because doing so would cross the digital fence line,” one of the union's tweets said.
Among the items discussed during this round of talks was working from home/office. Pay equality and limitations on subcontracting. NYT management has been accused of Unfairly “mass violations of labor laws” and even went so far as to intimidate employees through investigation into their intentions to strike.
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“Our union members and bargaining committee have done everything possible to avoid attacking ULP,” Times Tech Guild Senior Analyst and Unit President Kathy Zhang said in a statement. “But the administration is more willing to risk our election coverage than accept a fair deal for workers. They have given us no choice but to demonstrate our labor power on the picket line. However, we are ready to negotiate and take this contract to the finish line.”
Wordle is consistently one of the most played puzzle games on the market. This strike could mean we might not get Wordles every day if the strike goes on for too long and the NYT runs out of mysteries in its archive.
The daily word puzzle that's taking over the world in 2022. Wordle gives you the chance to guess five-letter words six times. Reveal how close you are to the answer with each guess through color-coded squares. It was created by a software engineer named Josh Wardle and was acquired by the New York Times in 2022.
