And estimated 200 to 300 New York Times Guild members lined a third floor hallway in silent protest Wednesday afternoon as top editors headed to the daily Page One meeting.

The employees, including high-profile reporters, wore Guild buttons and stickers with the New York Guild’s new campaign slogan: “Without Us, It’s Just White Space.”

Managers who had to pass the silent protest included Executive Editor Jill Abramson. On a brief video of the protest, posted at the Guild’s SaveOurTimes.com, she is the third person seen entering the meeting room.

The Guild is fighting for a fair contract for more than 1,000 members at the Times, who are being threatened with a pension freeze and other wage and benefit rollbacks. Meanwhile, retired company CEO Janet Robinson recently walked away  with a reported $25 million severance package, including a $10.9 pension and $4.5 million in “consulting fees.”

This week, a financial website reviewed her consulting contract and found that Robinson is being paid roughly $25,000 an hour for giving advice – assuming the company asks for it. Either way, she gets the money.

“People are angry, and the silent protest was a way of showing their displeasure,” New York Guild President Bill O’Meara said.

Times’ reporters at the paper’s Washington, D.C., bureau gathered in their own silent protest at the same time as their colleagues in New York, shortly before 4 p.m. Read more about the battle at the Times at the Save Our Times website, www.saveourtimes.com.