DAP Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/conde-nast-walkout-union-layoffs-new-york Quote Roughly 400 members of the unionized staff at several Condé Nast brands, including Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair, are walking off the job Tuesday in New York City, the NewsGuild of New York said. Why it matters: The strike comes months after Condé Nast said it would lay off approximately 5% of its staff, or roughly 300 people. The company also announced last week that its music outlet Pitchfork is being folded into GQ. Details: The union will picket outside One World Trade Center by the company's offices in New York at 10 am ET, with a planned rally from 1 to 2 pm ET, the union said. The picket line "will feature an Oscars-nomination-style treatment with a red carpet, 'step and repeat' and more" to serve as a reminder of the value of journalists' work covering Hollywood, the union said. (Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday morning.) Be smart: The union said Monday that workers are protesting management's "unlawful bargaining tactics during layoff negotiations." The union, which also represents workers at other Condé Nast publications, such as Architectural Digest, Bon Appé*** and Glamour, has been bargaining its first contract since certification in September 2022. Following the layoff announcement in November, the NewsGuild of New York filed an unfair labor practice charge against Condé Nast with the National Labor Relations Board, arguing the company violated labor laws when it countered a severance proposal with half of the initially offered payout. The NewsGuild said Monday that "any changes to working conditions, including layoffs, must be negotiated." The big picture: Strikes and work stoppages have become a bigger part of union negotiation tactics in recent years, as newsrooms face seemingly never-ending layoffs and cost-cutting. Last week, unionized staffers at the Los Angeles Times planned a one-day, multi-city walkout in protest of sweeping job cuts that are imminently expected. In the past two years, unions at Gannett, Insider, G/O Media, Ziff Davis, Wirecutter, the Miami Herald, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Palm Springs Desert Sun, Washington Post, NBC News and others all engaged in strikes or walkouts. We love to see it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosque Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Nice of them to be supportive, but that's just gonna tell their bosses who to target for the next layoffs. The demand for paid journalism and magazines isn't exactly growing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 3 minutes ago, Dephira said: Nice of them to be supportive, but that's just gonna tell their bosses who to target for the next layoffs. The demand for paid journalism and magazines isn't exactly growing Thank you for being so concerned with the wellbeing of Condé Nast employees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsclubPRESENTSavam Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 anna wintour pulling up her sunglasses, looking down from her office at the streets: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Walls Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Anna Winter and Roger Lynch can literally die t b h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndThenTheCocaine Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunnah Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Less corporate and inflammatory garbage to read online 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gatito Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 anna wintour you are BONES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingWitch Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 If there's no money to keep paying them and the magazine/website isn't making enough to stay afloat then a strike won't change that ,they need to deal with the reality of life . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45seconds Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 16 minutes ago, KingWitch said: If there's no money to keep paying them and the magazine/website isn't making enough to stay afloat then a strike won't change that ,they need to deal with the reality of life . Anna Wintour makes 4m per year. Be fuxking for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 36 minutes ago, 45seconds said: Anna Wintour makes 4m per year. Be fuxking for real. No offense but her salary only covers maybe 30-40 employees who are mid-range in their careers, not several hundred. I get that it looks bad but she's also been editor in chief since the Cretaceous period when she was styling dinosaurs for cover shoots. The problem, IMO, is that these companies have been running unsustainable business models for decades and continued hiring anyway. This practice should be looked into overall, same thing that happened with tech layoffs, as to how and why businesses are allowed to rapidly hire despite dubious financial footing. Unions are a great way to counter this, but most industries aren't unionized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolce Vita Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 anna wintour when i catch you and that **** ass bob of yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45seconds Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 19 minutes ago, Archetype said: No offense but her salary only covers maybe 30-40 employees who are mid-range in their careers, not several hundred. I get that it looks bad but she's also been editor in chief since the Cretaceous period when she was styling dinosaurs for cover shoots. The problem, IMO, is that these companies have been running unsustainable business models for decades and continued hiring anyway. This practice should be looked into overall, same thing that happened with tech layoffs, as to how and why businesses are allowed to rapidly hire despite dubious financial footing. Unions are a great way to counter this, but most industries aren't unionized. I wanna argue with you but your first few lines are kinda funny and now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAP Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, KingWitch said: If there's no money to keep paying them and the magazine/website isn't making enough to stay afloat then a strike won't change that ,they need to deal with the reality of life . Good thing there is enough money to go around, but maybe the board of directors can cut their bonuses/stock buybacks if things are that dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Flame Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 6 hours ago, KingWitch said: If there's no money to keep paying them and the magazine/website isn't making enough to stay afloat then a strike won't change that ,they need to deal with the reality of life . This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Flame Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, DAP said: Good thing there is enough money to go around, but maybe the board of directors can cut their bonuses/stock buybacks if things are that dire. That’s not going to change the fact that a garbage site that makes no money will remain a garbage site that makes no money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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