"The gathering took place outside Condé Nast's headquarters in New York's 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday to protest the firing of four unionized staffers and suspension of five of its other members. These staffers had confronted Condé Nast's HR chief, Stan Duncan, about the company's decision earlier this month to fold Teen Vogue into the Vogue flagship site and lay off several of its staffers. The episode was partially captured in a widely viewed video published by TheWrap."
"Condé Nast said in an internal memo that it "took disciplinary action against employees who were engaged in harassing and intimidating conduct that interfered with our business operations." The company also said the actions violated its collective bargaining agreement with the union and that it had filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board. "Most people recognize that the misconduct exhibited by union members last week wouldn't be acceptable in any workplace," a company spokesperson said."
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a Condé Nast union rally outside the company's 1 World Trade Center headquarters, urging reinstatement of four fired staffers and asserting enforcement of labor laws. The firings and suspensions followed a confrontation with HR chief Stan Duncan over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue and lay off several staffers, an episode partly captured on video. Condé Nast said it took disciplinary action for harassing and intimidating conduct that interfered with business operations, cited violations of the collective bargaining agreement, and filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board. Both the company and the union filed NLRB charges over the dispute.
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