The union representing hundreds of New Yorker editors and fact-checkers voted overwhelmingly this week to authorize a strike as contract negotiations continue.
According to the New Yorker Union, 100 out of 101 eligible members voted Wednesday to authorize the walkout, empowering union leadership to call a work stoppage against parent company Conde Nast.
The union intentionally timed the strike vote to precede the annual New Yorker Festival, set to kick off later this month. A strike would likely jar the magazine’s ability to promote the cultural event, and celebrities scheduled to attend may drop out.
New Yorker Union members staged a digital picket during its last round of contract negotiations in 2020 around the same time, leading Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to shun the festival.
The union’s last contract expired in March, with a no-strike clause expiring at the end of July.
Conde Nast and the union have been at the bargaining table for six months. The publication’s staff wants wage increases, layoff protection and changes to The New Yorker’s policies on work performed outside the magazine.
• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.
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