The News Guild of New York called the terminations "illegal."
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Condé Nast fired four editorial staffers after they sought to question the company’s head of human resources over the announcement of layoffs, including the consolidation of
Teen Vogue into Vogue.com.
The publisher said that the four staffers were fired “due to conduct that violated company policies, following an internal review.”
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According to the guild, the staffers terminated were Alma Avalle, digital producer at
Bon Appetit;
Jake Lahut, Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House, Jasper Lo, senior fact checker at
The New Yorker; and Ben Dewey, videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment.
“These terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in collective action,” the guild said in a statement.
According to Semafor, which first reported on the firings, the staffers were among a group who sought to question the head of human resources, Stan Duncan, on Wednesday. The staffers were outside his office, but he told them to return to work, Semafor reported.
