“Condé Nast has a legacy as a storied media brand, but it now also has a legacy as one of the last media giants to unionize. We deserve to work at a brand that values our work and prioritizes helping us shape our futures here. Show us you actually want us to be here, Condé!”

“We constantly feel at risk and in the dark, fearing for our jobs. A union would even the playing field and help workers feel more valued.”

“I'm unionizing for my coworkers who are permalance. They do the same work as staff members and they deserve the same respect, security, and protections.”

“Workers should have the power to shape their workplace and improve the conditions that govern our daily lives. The way we get that power is by uniting with our fellow workers.”

“The union will fight to ensure a higher level of job security, which currently ranges from extremely low to none at all.”

“Unionizing will not only hold Condé Nast accountable but will help to set a base standard for working conditions in this industry and grow the potential for the future of journalism.”

“Our union is the only way to create a sustainable and diverse workforce at Conde Nast. People cannot do creative work while living in fear and uncertainty.”

“Great people leave Condé all the time because they're frustrated by systemic issues at the company, or by a lack of career growth or raises. That harms both our quality of work and the quality of life of those left behind, who end up picking up the slack. The union will enshrine protections. It will give people an outlet to voice their concerns and a reason to stay.”

“Out union will fight to improve Condé’s frankly abysmal pay scale which has not only led to stagnant wages across the board, but glaring ongoing pay inequities, especially amongst non-white staff.”

“I see this union giving us the public backbone we need to fight for a better workplace for all. Goodbye to no-insurance-or-paid-days-of freelancer contract BS. No more missed parties or working through the night just to be refused payment for overtime. We will fight and we will win equal and fair opportunity and treatment.”

“Within the copy department of the Content Integrity Group (CIG), it appears we are training our own cheaper replacements from abroad. It is important that CIGers be protected from having their work outsourced, and there is language in the New Yorker union contract that does this.”

“All I want is for a union to help extend the fair pay, benefits, professional mentorship and personal encouragement that I've enjoyed to all Conde employees. Because if the system isn't working for all of us, then we need to work together to rebuild it.”

“At some publications, it can often feel like our work is good progressive PR for the company, but then we have little say in leadership decisions, few raises, few opportunities to move up. Especially for a brand that aims to highlight marginalized voices, tell stories that go untold, and challenge biases and systemic racism, it feels vital that we support our queer and trans colleagues of color who aren’t always given financial or growth opportunities — or internal support — and then are first to go when layoffs occur.”

“Everyone deserves to have a workplace that is nurturing and allows employees to thrive without fear of loosing their job.“

“Like many media workers, I have my job because I was born into financial privilege: able to take unpaid internships and to accept positions with low salaries. I love my job, but this work isn't meaningful if it is only performed by people like me. Glamour is committed to covering women's interests, joys, and needs. We need to practice what we preach on our site—by paying workers enough to attract all kinds of talent, not just people who can afford the luxury of a low-wage media job..”

“I look forward to better job security, better career development, and improved working conditions through the strength of collective bargaining.”

“Our colleagues at The New Yorker, Ars Technica, Pitchfork, and Wired have proven what a union can accomplish in terms of preventing layoffs, raising wages, and protecting workers. It is high time for the rest of us to join them in unionizing.”

“Condé has shown time and time again that they don't have our best interests in mind. There are a lot of stressful things that you expect when working in media, but the union can help us with everything else: constantly worrying about potential layoffs, being stuck as a contractor for years with no benefits, working over 40 hrs per week for no extra pay, covering several people's jobs because they don't want to hire more people,’

“Condé Nast, as a long standing bastion of prestige, has proven that it is unable to handle issues of equity on its own, and that needs to change. It is clear across our industry that having a union makes for a more robust workforce, and I'm doubtful that Conde Nast will have much of a future without one.”

“Permalancers hired by Ettain (now Manpower) are in a nebulous position but comprise almost 50% of the food video team. They are welcomed to the team in a fanfare of emails while simultaneously told that when it comes down to it, they are not team members. To be clear, they work the same number of hours, directly report to a manager, and their work is subject to evaluation in the same way a staffer is.

Depending on a permalance workforce is a shortcut for the company to avoid the financial implications of staff roles. It’s a Band-Aid that’s being used to construct entire departments.”

“Unions are the future of media—and this particular union, in its strength, size, diversity, and industry prominence, is of present and historic significance. Our union will help raise the bar for media workers across the board, and make this industry kinder and smarter and more sustainable. Our Condé Nast union will have a tangible, positive influence on the future of journalism, no question.”

“Unions are the only way for workers to retake control of their lives in this country.”

“Forming a union will create a stronger team, with each person knowing that their peers support them and are cheering them on.”

“Condé Nast has gotten away with so much—exploitation of workforce, a racist culture, stagnant growth, and more—but it's time for all of that to stop. We are tired of being overworked, underpaid, and completely burnt out by a company that chews up their best talent and spits them out again. I want to work at a company that supports its workforce, strives to improve, and becomes a standard bearer of positive work culture across the entire media industry. The Condé Nast name is known for incredible content and journalism—let's make it represent incredible, employee-led change as well.”

“Honestly, I'm close to my wits end with my position (and I just started a few months ago). I'm hoping that the union will prolong my employment here, because I really enjoy my colleagues and I love the brand I work for, but the quotas, long hours, and lack of transparency make it nearly impossible to have a life outside of work.”

“I would love to see the end of Condé’s strict hierarchies and elitism. It seems to thrive on dividing employees—even those within the same brand—rather than bringing us together as one team.”

“A union is *the* determining factor that would keep me at Conde longer term. I love my work and my coworkers, but the missing piece in feeling like this is a place where I can grow my career is the protection a union provides—so I can know for certain that everyone I work with is paid and treated fairly.”

“I see this as a platform for us to set a precedent for digital media standards at large.”

Left Condé Nast after nearly 3 years.

“I was handling two markets, both fashion and beauty. It’s similar to someone being over both politics and culture. … Due to lack of resources, there wasn’t as much creative freedom, which was literally my job.”

Left Condé Nast after 3 years as a full-time staffer and 1 year as a freelancer

“Protection from job scope creep would have been super impactful and helped the advocating I tried to do for myself not be empty.”

Left Condé Nast after 3.5 years.

“I started having health concerns due to acute stress caused by my job. That stress was largely a result of how the company is run by top-level management, and living in constant fear of budget cuts, layoffs, or editorial reprimands…

Organizing across the company introduced me to so many co-workers and helped me find a real sense of solidarity with hundreds of people. In many ways, it was the most important work I did while I was with the company.”

Left Condé Nast after 4 years.

“With everything that happened at Bon Appétit. I got a look at the top-level employees at Condé, which really ruined the shiny facade you see from the outside. …

[A union] would have allowed the employees to have a fair shot at making things right with our community of fans, rather than the horrendous way corporate chose to deal with the situation.”