Condé Nast Reaches Deal With Union, Averting Picket Line at Met Gala

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.