Pitchfork staff stopped work to protest 'union-busting'
You may have noticed Pitchfork was quiet for a few hours this morning. That wasn’t an accident; staff at the site participated in a work-stoppage today to protest “a blatant act of union-busting by Condé Nast and Pitchfork management.” They explain the action in a letter posted to the union’s Twitter:
A statement from Pitchfork Union: https://t.co/YHs9sUVY7u pic.twitter.com/0uz5dIeVCK
— Pitchfork Union (@p4kunion) June 18, 2020
UPDATE: Condé Nast replied with a response:
A statement from the Pitchfork Management Bargaining Committee to the Pitchfork Union and the NewsGuild of New York: pic.twitter.com/DxalzWLGN8
— Condé Nast (@CondeNast) June 18, 2020
The work-stoppage follows widely-reported claims of long-running workplace racism throughout Pitchfork‘s owner Condé Nast, which has so far led to Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigning along with the magazine’s Lifestyle video chief and an apology by Vogue’s Anna Wintour, among other things.