(NEW YORK CITY) - Condé Nast executives - who’ve sought to intimidate and surveil the company’s Unionized Workers since management announced layoff plans in November - are now facing further legal action from The NewsGuild of New York over unlawful bargaining tactics during Condé Union’s layoff negotiations. 

Condé Nast executives just shared their latest - and revised - proposal for layoffs with the NewsGuild, which offered far less than what they had previously proposed.

This prompted the Guild to file an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charge at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the company for regressive bargaining, a form of bad faith bargaining in which one side moves backwards offering less on a proposal than was previously offered. 

Condé Union - which represents Workers powering brands such as Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Glamour, GQ, Self, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Condé Nast Entertainment - has been bargaining its first contract since certification in September 2022.

As a result, any changes to working conditions, including layoffs, must be negotiated. 

Condé Nast management announced in November its plans to lay off 5% of its workforce.

The company then proposed laying off 94 Condé Union Members, or 20% of the Union, with a severance package offered to other affected Workers in the company. 

The Condé Union Bargaining Team countered with a lower number of layoffs, additional severance and a layoff moratorium. 

Condé Nast’s latest proposal - shockingly, was not in line with good faith bargaining and it kept the total number of laid-off Workers at 94 and cut the previously offered severance by more than half, Union Officials said. 

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