Now that the strike is over, the Tech Guild says supporters can resume playing the NYT ’s games and using the Cooking app. The union previously asked people to avoid playing any of the NYT ’s daily puzzle games, and it instead directed users to the games striking workers created on a separate website.

The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, even though it had not yet reached a contract deal with the company.

(Reuters) - The New York Times Tech Guild is ending a week-long strike that started one day before the U.S. presidential election and will return to work on Tuesday, it said in a post on X on Monday.

The striking workers from the Times Tech Guild of the New York Times (NYT) are set to return to work today, although negotiations continue. After a week-long strike that began a day before the U.S. presidential elections,

The New York Times Tech Guild ended its unfair labor practice strike Monday, one week after a majority of the 600-person unit walked off the job just before Election Day.

The 700 union members represented by the Tech Guild will return to office Tuesday following a week-long strike during election week.

If you broke your Wordle and Connections streaks to support the striking New York Times tech workers, they also have your back. The NYT Tech Guild, the union representing the striking workers, has a page of games to keep you entertained until the strike ends.

The action was criticized for its timing, which coincided with the final hours of the U.S. presidential election, thus impacting the newspaper’s ability to cover the race’s conclusion. While this was meant as a bargaining tactic designed to draw the paper’s executives to the table, that tactic doesn’t appear to have worked very well.