• by Ray Schultz , Yesterday

The News Guild of New York is protesting the alleged firing of four Condé United leaders after they sought answers about the closure of Teen Vogue and the layoffs that accompanied it. 

The union leaders posed the questions to Stan Duncan, the head of human resources for Condé Nast.  

Duncan fired the four workers from Bon Appetit, Wired, The New Yorker and Condé Nast Entertainment, according to the News Guild of New York. 

“These terminations are a blatant act of retaliation and an attempt to silence union journalists holding power to account,” the union says. 

It adds that “These terminations are a blatant act of retaliation and an attempt to silence union journalists holding power to account.”

The News Guild demands that the four journalists be returned to their jobs. 

The union adds that the plan to lay off six NewsGuild of New York members, most of whom are BIPOC women or trans, “continues a trend by Condé to disproportionately impact marginalized employees." 

“Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” says Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York, in a statement. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at Conde.”