If NYT has the money it makes sense to me for the employees to ask for higher pay. What else is the original purpose of unions than to give workers power to bargain with the company?
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%28GOOGL%2C+NYT%29+reve...
(GOOGL, NYT) revenue per employee
Alphabet Class A Shares | $1.815 million (US dollars)
New York Times Company | $422656.27 (US dollars)https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=google+ma...
Because it’s a different job at a different company?
I get that if you have leverage you may want to exert it (either individually or through a union) to get higher pay, but the argument that 2 different companies should pay the same amount seems ridiculous. Go get the job at the higher paying company if that’s what you want.
It is funny here how all the people are pro-union don't start their own companies to compete with the ones that exploit people and offer employees all the perks they ever dreamed of.
Companies choose what they pay their employees (within the bounds of the law) and that might be influenced by what another company pays similar employees.
Imagine somebody at Google saying, “Sorry we won’t pay you more — just found out they pay less at the NYT.”
Nothing is stopping an employee from asking. Can they get more money? It depends on NYT if they want to pay more or find another employee who settles for less and fires the demanding employee. Win/Win for the company. Greed is good if it is within bounds.