Condé Nast employees won voluntary recognition of a union on Sept. 9, as the company agreed to unionization in response to nearly 80 percent of eligible employees submitting union cards. We've gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Covered Employees
The Condé Nast union covers more than 500 U.S.-based employees. Condé Nast's publications include Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, GQ and Vogue. Four other publications, including The New Yorker, previously unionized at the company.
"After productive conversations with the NewsGuild over the past few months, we have agreed to voluntarily recognize four new editorial and business units," a Condé Nast spokesman said in a statement. "We're looking forward to working together on our collective bargaining agreements following successful contracts with The New Yorker, Ars Technica and Pitchfork unions and the pending contract with Wired."
The new union also covers approximately 100 subcontractors.
Reasons for Unionizing
Employees companywide were seeking overtime compensation for long hours, pay transparency and salary floors, which previously unionized colleagues at The New Yorker obtained last year. Workers worried about layoffs without severance and meetings with too little minority representation.
A spokesman for Condé Nast declined to address specific grievances but said, "We plan to have productive and thoughtful conversations with [the unionizing workers] over the coming weeks to...
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