this is not a question of labor-corporation negotiation, this is more of sociology/economics question. I have my own theory, but people don't like the bitter truth opinions here for some reason.
> Black NYT employees are likely very well aware that the biases they encounter are not unique to the NYT.
thats another bull presented without proofs. Talented Black engineers are so rare, all big tech/FAANGS are actively hunting them and throwing money at them. Its never been more financially rewarding as ever than to be high performing Black engineer at big tech.
The fact that the situation is as GP described is undeniable. But there can be reasons why things are this way that extend beyond what the racists of yore believed about genetics. Most obviously: Not all subgroups of white people are equally represented in tech either. (When was the last time you were in a team where the majority hailed from Appalachia?)
But actual investigation and remediation can't begin until we can first point at reality and describe it as it currently is.
Rather than "talented engineers can already be hard to find, now divide that by 20".
I think it’s a totally different problem. The problem no longer is about how group X is compensated for doing job Y, but why group X is doing job Y in the first place.
You've attempted to explain away pay gaps by saying it's because of lower roles and/or lower productivity, but that's just the same problem with an extra step. Why are they in lower roles? Why are they assessed as less productive? Are they inherently dumb/lazy/bad, or are we just back to "the pay gap exists because of biases" again?
> What is stopping “black people” from escaping the supposed inequality at NYT and making more money elsewhere ????
Black NYT employees are likely very well aware that the biases they encounter are not unique to the NYT.