Condé Nast Reaches Deal With Union, Averting Picket Line at Met Gala
06.05.2024 - 14:13
/ variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor After more than a year of talks, Condé Nast management inked a new pact with hundreds of union workers at Vogue and other publications — heading off a strike and a picket line that threatened to disrupt the company’s splashy Met Gala on Monday. The two sides reached an agreement on the terms of a new contract in the early-morning hours Monday.
Condé Union leaders had explicitly threatened to stage a picket line at the 2024 Met Gala, the annual fashion fundraiser led Anna Wintour, Vogue’s editorial director and chief content officer of Condé Nast, May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That would have presented the prospect of celebrities having to cross the picket line to get into the event.
“We’re doing whatever it takes: Meet us at the table or meet us at the Met on Monday,” the union said in a post on X Saturday. On Monday morning, Condé Union said it had secured a tentative agreement on its first contract with the media and publishing company.
“WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN: We are excited to announce that we have a tentative agreement with @condenast on our first contract. Our pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ ahead of the #metgala2024 moved the company and our progress at the bargaining table kicked into high gear,” the union said in a post on X.
SEE ALSO: Met Gala 2024 Theme Revealed With Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth as Co-Chairs According to the union, the contract guarantees a $61,500 starting salary floor; an end to the “two-tier permalance system,” expanded bereavement leave, two more weeks of family leave (14 total) and $3.3 million in total wage increases. The Condé Nast Union, affiliated with the NewsGuild of New York, represents about 540 editorial
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