The New Yorker Union formed in 2018 as the first
labor union in
the magazine
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's history. Its bargaining unit includes editorial workers, such as copy editors and fact checkers, but not staff writers.
Condé Nast and the union produced an agreement in June 2021 after two years of bargaining. The agreement increased the lowest base salaries from $42,000 to $60,000. Wages for many employees will increase 10% or more. Worker protections include health care cost limits, clear working hours, and requires documentation for
firing
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employees. The agreement also covered Condé Nast's
Ars Technica and
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
publications. In the weeks before the final agreement, workers protested at
Condé Nast
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The company's media ...
figure
Anna Wintour
Dame Anna Wintour (; born 3 November 1949) is a British journalist based in New York City who has served as editor-in-Chief of ''Vogue'' since 1988 and Global Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast since 2020; she is also the artistic directo ...
's home and the union had threatened a strike.
The New Yorker Union remains distinct from the company-wide Condé Nast union recognized in mid-2022.
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