Union Blasts Conde Nast for Firing Labor Leaders Who Sought Answers on Teen Vogue Layoffs

"Later that day, four of the employees present were fired, and five other employees were suspended without pay, the union says. Three of the fired members were active in the media company's union, Condé United; Alma Avalle is the vice president for NewsGuild of New York and digital producer for Bon Appetit, and The New Yorker 's Jasper Lo and Condé Nast Entertainment's Ben Dewey have both held leadership positions within the union."

"The NewsGuild of New York says that the firings are a "flagrant breach" of their union contract and an "unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action." The Guild's president, Susan DeCarava, called it "one of the most extreme attempts at union busting" that the union has seen in recent years. The union is holding a rally on Wednesday evening in New York City to call for the reinstatement of the "fired four.""

Unionized New Yorker staff plastered cubicles with posters demanding reinstatement of four Condé Nast employees fired after confronting management about mass layoffs. Editorial staff had pressed the company's head of HR about two rounds of layoffs, including six terminations at Teen Vogue and a plan to fold the outlet into Vogue.com. Four employees present at the confrontation were fired and five others were suspended without pay. Three of the fired employees held union leadership roles. The NewsGuild of New York called the firings a flagrant contract breach and an unprecedented violation of federally protected union rights, and scheduled a rally to demand reinstatement.

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