Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Is Eustace Tilley about to hit the picket line? The union representing editorial workers at the New Yorker, the storied Condé Nast-owned magazine, on Thursday announced its members had unanimously voted to authorize a strike against the employer as they seek a new deal.
The New Yorker Union’s threat to strike came three weeks before the magazine’s annual three-day festival, although the union did not set a specific date for when it may stage a picket. “@NewYorker and @CondeNast management must come to the table and bargain in good faith — otherwise, we will see them on the picket line.
Fair contract now!” the union said in a post on X. The New Yorker Union, affiliated with the NewsGuild of New York, represents about 100 workers at the 99-year-old magazine (not including staff writers).
The terms of the union’s first contract expired July 28. “We’ve been working without a contract for six months and a day,” Douglas Watson, a copy editor for the New Yorker and a member of the union’s mobilizing team, said in a statement. “We’re fed up, and we won’t settle for a subpar contract.
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