PROTEST OUTSIDE CONDÉ NAST HQ

NEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented workers at Condé Nast will hold a rally at 6PM EST Wednesday outside of CN HQ at World Trade Center to demand a full reversal of last week’s illegal firings and suspensions of Condé workers who were taking part in a legally protected union action. 

“By retaliating against journalists for peaceful and protected activity, the company is trampling on our rights, our union contracts, and the independence and integrity of The New Yorker and the Condé brands we represent. We will not be intimidated, and we will win,” said Daniel Gross, co-chair of The New Yorker Union. “Condé Nast's ham-handed union busting is an embarrassment to the celebrated magazines that it owns.” 

Speaking at the event will be the honorable NY Attorney General Letitia A. James. Directly impacted members from the Condé and New Yorker unions will speak, as well as elected officials and union leaders including: 

• Susan DeCarava, president of the NewsGuild of New York 
• Jon Schleuss, president, TNG-CWA
• Billy Gallagher, CWA District One
• Brendan Griffith, president of the NYC Central Labor Council  

The rally – which is expected to draw several hundred people from both unions and the NewsGuild of New York – is the latest action taken by the Guild in response to last week’s illegal firings and suspensions. 

Condé Nast management terminated four Condé United leaders and suspended five others for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on last week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue.  

“Management must reinstate the Fired Four and our suspended five without further delay,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “Condé Nast management’s actions are an egregious attempt at union-busting and violate not only labor law but the terms of our contracts. We will be outside Condé’s headquarters with all our members from across our union and the New York city labor movement to say, in the loudest possible voices, we will not be intimidated. ”