The editorial, video, design and photo staffs of Hearst Magazines’ 24 brands have unionized with the WGA East. The magazines include Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Good…
Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, Car & Driver, The Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, Elle, Woman’s DayAccording to the guild, “A strong majority of the 500-member staff has signed union cards.”“The staff at Hearst has demonstrated today that there is always power in a union,” said WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson.
The nearly 6,000-member union has made a major push in recent years to organize digital newsrooms, representing the writers and editors at Salon, Slate, HuffPost, VICE, MTV News, The Dodo, Fast Company, Gizmodo Media Group, Intercept, Onion Inc., Refinery29, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Thrillist, and Vox Media.
“Hearst is one of the largest editorial employers in the industry, and media’s rapidly changing landscape means it’s more important than ever for us to have a say in the conditions of our employment,” the Hearst Magazines Organizing Committee said in a statement. “Organizing has become common in our industry. In forming a union, we’ll be joining our colleagues across the industry at Vox Media, NY Magazine, Slate and countless others.
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