Condé Nast Pays Over $400,000 to 3 Journalists Fired Over Protest
The former workers were among a group of employees who confronted the company’s head of human resources about layoffs last fall.
The publishing giant Condé Nast paid three journalists a total of more than $400,000 to settle a dispute over their firing last fall after they confronted the head of human resources about layoffs, the union representing the workers said on Wednesday.
As part of the agreement, Condé Nast reversed the firings so the employees could resign instead and gave them letters of recommendation, the union said. The journalists had worked at Bon Appétit, The New Yorker and Condé Nast Entertainment.
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