New York Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of lawfare, pandering to her political base by targeting Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association, and others. Now, she is thrilling her base by promising to go after Condé Nast after the company fired four employees who had a confrontation with Condé Nast Chief People Officer Stan Duncan outside of his office.
As part of the confrontation, the union members demanded to know what the company was doing to stand up to Donald Trump. However, the main objection concerned layoffs.
Some of the layoffs in question were the result of a restructuring of Vogue’s operations, which included a reduction in staff. Teen Vogue is being moved into Vogue.com as part of the change. There were also layoffs at WIRED.
Union activists have objected that the majority of the editorial staffers laid off were women of color or transgender. According to the union, the move exposes “the trend of layoffs at Condé disproportionately impacting marginalized employees.”
Condé Nast is now under fire from the NewsGuild of New York for firing four of the employees involved in the confrontation with the HR chief outside his C-suite office. The Guild claims that the terminations constitute “grossly illegal tactics” and union busting.
However, the company insists that the four caused a disruption and refused repeated requests to leave the office to allow Duncan and others to work. They will undoubtedly file grievances, but union contracts and federal laws do not give activists the right to disrupt operations anywhere at any time of their choosing.
However, James gave a speech to activists promising to intervene, declaring When we fight, we win,” and “People, united, will never be defeated,” before suggesting the economy is “rigged against working people.” She added:
“Since when is it illegal for an individual, or individuals, to express, or recognize, their First Amendment rights? Since when is that illegal? When is it illegal to ask a question? When is it illegal to speak truth to power? When is it illegal to get answers from your employer?
To all of those who are responsible for the termination of these individuals, let me introduce myself. My name is Letitia James, otherwise known as Tish, and I am here to let you know that I stand with workers now, and I will stand with workers forever.”
James has learned that it does not matter that her efforts often collapse in court, such as her ridiculous effort to shut down the NRA.
The company has stood firm, stating, “The employment terminations were lawful and based on clear violations of company policies. We have an obligation to protect our workplace from harassment and intimidation. If the Attorney General has concerns, we are happy to respond to her.”
The video shows Bon Appétit digital producer Alma Avalle, a NewsGuild of New York leader and trans activist, confronting Duncan with Wired senior White House reporter Jake Lahut, The New Yorker senior fact-checker Jasper Lo, and Condé Nast Entertainment videographer Ben Dewey.
Notably, the company not only claims that the widely circulated videotape does not depict the most disruptive conduct, but also that it has filed three previous grievances this year with the union regarding such behavior. The company told the National Labor Relations Board that the NewsGuild of New York has carried out “repeated and egregious disregard of our collective bargaining agreement.”
The merits of these claims will have to be hashed out by the NLRB and the parties within the grievance process. However, James’s effort to insert herself into the dispute is bizarre. She is suggesting that somehow her office may target the company for downsizing staff and firing those who allegedly disrupted the workplace.
It is another ratcheting up of rhetoric against companies in New York, adding to what is viewed as an increasingly hostile environment in the city. With the election of a Democratic Socialist as mayor, many executives and residents are reportedly considering possible moves to more supportive jurisdictions.
What a buttinski thinking her poo don’t stink! Hear Ye hear ye the all knowing has spoke.
Poor Hunter, he is losing it.
I wonder if he’s back on the drugs again.
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Hunter Biden claimed on the “Wide Awake Podcast” on Nov. 6 that the Sept. 10 assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk benefited President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.
Many left-wing individuals celebrated the assassination, as shown in a supercut posted by Grabien News founder Tom Elliot.
Losing it? Jesus pal, ever read your own comments.
“Losing it? Jesus pal, ever read your own comments.”
Well hello, Hunter! Will you be visiting with us here for long before your next trip to rehab?
Nice little White House grift you had going on for the time the FBI was happy to cover for it!
You just love to cry, now don;t ya.
Hunter Losing it? Did he ever even have it?
What does this sick stuff have to do with James. Too stupid to comprehend?
OT
Clinton Body Count: Epstein Email to Disgraced Journalist Alleges Hillary Had Sexual Affair with ‘Suicided’ Vince Foster
– Gateway Pundit
https://x.com/AFpost/status/1988731216594637078
And how in the world is Gorgeous George Clooney escaping scrutiny?
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“Ghislaine Maxwell claimed she performed sex act on George Clooney, Virginia Giuffre’s memoir alleges”
– NY Post
And the “Epstein Files” are so detrimental to President Trump that the Joke Biden administration inexplicably ignored them for the full four years, right?
Were the “Epstein Files” actually going to blow up in the Democrat’s face?
Listen Pal, If you ever had sex with Hillary, You’d commit Suicide to.
( Yes – I know that statement’s in bad taste – so let it be a Warning )
It’s too not to and I agree! Not even in her early years, there’s not enough tequila in Ole Mexico. Satan has a special place for her all ready!
“Listen Pal, If you ever had sex with Hillary, You’d commit Suicide to.
( Yes – I know that statement’s in bad taste – so let it be a Warning”
There’s bad taste, then there’s *****BAD**TASTE*****. Your posting that is the former, the nightmarish image you evoked is the latter (at best)…
Will she/he/it be filing charges from the “Big House?”
Sign. Turley. How much do they pay you to spin and shovel slop, anyway? I read the heading and first sentence, and that was enough for me. You want to talk about “lawfare” and abuse of power of anyone other than Trump? Come on. He has gotten fake bottle Blondi to go after some of his perceived enemies. US Attorney’s Offices have had massive numbers of experienced prosecutors leave because they take seriously their oath as prosecutors and the ethical responsibilities, unlike the losers that are trying to please an audience of one who is a mentally narcissist. They have to get former 3rd runner up in the Colorado Miss America pageant, with NO prosecutorial experience, to sign off on Grand Jury proceedings, and then bottle Blondie tried to back-date some documents to try to validate her appointment, which is illegal. The fat slob has commanded that they go after Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton, as well as Brenner. It stinks, and it’s outrageous that Turley tries to attack Democrats for “lawfare”.
Quite a lengthy diatribe…but the fact of the matter is: Hussein O and Demented Brandon used questionable lawyers, eg, Eisen, Elias, Weissmann, James, Smith, etc. to be the front face of a fractious, dangerous, and unlawfull attempt to distort the Constitution to achieve crappy results.
Well .. . at least Turley, and most of the commentators here, don’t seem to be falling for the great ‘Democrat Hoax’ – ‘the Epstein files’.
Whether it’s ‘lawfare’, 16yr old virgins or national security, Trump is a paradigm of moral turpitude. .. compared to them!
*only weak, stupid and foolish MAGA Republicans would fall for such a foul, lewd and heinous Democrat stunt.
DG
Who fell for Russia or Hunter’s laptop.
You all.
Trump was indicted 93 times. Many of his associates suffered the same fate. Most of Trump’s first term was disrupted by the Russian collusion nonsense. After all that, I’m just curious when a “perceived enemy” becomes an actual enemy who may be subject to investigation if they broke the law in how they handled their own political prosecutions?
The funny thing is I loathe Trump and never voted for him. However, I can only roll my eyes at the repeated use of the word “perceived” when these people have repeatedly shown, through words and actions, they are his actual enemies.
You do understand that for their felonies there was NEVER an anchor crime that turned a misdemeanor into a felony…
It’s a total miscarriage and misuse of justice. Some body gotta pay!
Turley. How much do they pay you to spin and shovel slop, anyway?
ARE YOU PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME????? BBBBUUUTTTT…. MUH TURLEY!!!!! BBBBUUUTTT…. MUH TRUMP!!!
Biden’s furry trannies just aren’t getting enough love on the internet
Turls takes up a James character assassination campaign in lieu of being able to work the Hunter campaign…
It’s all just to deflect from email evidence emerging further about trump’s pedo boner in Epstein email dumps. Hilarious.
^ Gigi recounting her fever dream ^
Turls takes up a James character assassination campaign
ARE YOU PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME????? BBBBUUUTTTT…. MUH TURLEY!!!!! BBBBUUUTTT…. MUH TRUMP!!!
Biden’s furry trannies just aren’t getting enough love to grow their pedo boners via the internet
Sigh. Just, sigh. These are not serious people, they no longer even warrant analysis, like 5 year-olds don’t. Good luck, New York.
Wait, James thinks private corporations can only fire employees for illegal conduct?
yes, it is possible. As you said “illegal”. Think employees handbook.
But you’re an old man, never was employed, except for working a junkyard.
Your comment is incoherent. Are you trying to say that corporations may not fire their employees for conduct detrimental to the business, so long as that conduct is not illegal? If that’s your position, it’s wrong. And James, as an attorney, should know better. Most likely, she does know better, but she is an unscrupulous little hag with no principles and a pathological need for attention from low-IQ sycophants.
What do you think at will employees are? As the article stated, they broke protocol and failed to comply with a directive by their superiors. That is cause for termination on the spot.
OldManFromKS,
Intimidation and harassment would get most fired. But James is defending that.
Upstate – It’s a miracle she passed the NY bar. Their standards must have been lowered.
It seems that an official under indictment should not be bringing indictments, practicing law, herself. James should be benched while her case is adjudicated.
Not only that, but if anyone bothered to notice, “TISH” was present at ALL Mamdummy rallies. Obviously, she is working with him to “ratchet up rhetoric against companies in New York, adding to what is [now] an increasingly hostile environment in the city.”
Letitia James is unethical, a bad actor, and needs swift conviction with law license removed from her politically greedy and deleterious hands.
In Other Words:
“My name is Letitia James…” [and I approved this ad.]
James asked: When is it illegal to ask a question? When is it illegal to speak truth to power? When is it illegal to get answers from your employer?
My question is when is it illegal to fire a disruptive employee who refuses to go to work? I would have canned those people immediately. As for ‘what is the company doing to stand up to Trump,’ how about ‘nothing.’ They are a publishing house, not a mouthpiece for the petty gripes of low level employees. These people are under the mistaken assumption that they are a). The boss, and b). Indispensable. No on both counts.
In her continuing efforts to prosecute this company, Letitia James is sending a signal to businesses not to make new hires to people regarding themselves as “protected.” They disrupt, they won’t work, and protest on call. While this may not be true, it is the message delivered.
Maybe so. At the same time she continues to squander taxpayer dollars in a state that cannot afford to permit its AG to persue cases that do little more than give Ms. James a megaphone. As a longtime resident of, and taxpayer in, New York State, I object.
You may not know this, but she was elected and as such has authority to prosecute crimes as she see’s fit. Ever see that on SVU?
Gee, I bet every Deli in NY has ham sandwiches shaking in their wrappers! Convicted or consumed.
“In her continuing efforts to prosecute this company, Letitia James is sending a signal to businesses not to make new hires to people regarding themselves as “protected.” ”
To she is sending a much broader message: “initiate relocation to a state that better appreciates your contribution to its economy, and do it quickly.”
Enchanting to see leftists eat their own once again.
Noone
The tragicomedy of planned partisanhood conceiving nonviable “burdens”… uh, burdens, is a Karma-lic.. karmic fetus… feature of Pro-Choice… her Choice… choice. Forward!
Time for companies to leave NY and NYC. There is nothing like killing the goose that pays for all that “free stuff” thats been promised.
About time Calif
By The Associated Press
California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said Wednesday.
The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally.
Issuing DL’s to illegals or people with “No Name” is no-brainer stupid. It also explains Gov. Gavin Newsome.
WTF does that have to do with the article stupid?
Exemplary of the regular stupid BS these Democratic politicians do.
New York City has lost its charm. The Market Trading House have moved to Miami, The Garment Industry (District) moved Overseas, The Advertising Industry had gone Digital all across the Globe.
So be it time that the Publishing House(s) exit the ailing City. California (L.A.|S.F.) has its problems, Chicago is still Cold, Atlanta is still The city under the City (Underwater), … That leaves Dallas Texas as a prime relocation site.
The Newhouse family needs to move Condé Nast out of NYC pronto and setup camp in Dallas asap.
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Condé Nast is owned by Advance Publications, a privately held media company, which is in turn owned by the families of Donald Newhouse and Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. This family holds a private media empire through Advance Publications, which also owns other publishing and media companies.
Parent Company: Advance Publications
Owners: The Newhouse family (families of Donald Newhouse and Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr.)
Other holdings: Advance Publications also owns various other media properties, such as American City Business Journals and formerly owned a controlling stake in Discovery Communications and Bright House Networks.
Condé Nast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cond%C3%A9_Nast
Advance Publications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications
The City’s Businesses have ‘capitulated’ (Sold-Off and Moved On – Out of State)
“That leaves Dallas Texas as a prime relocation site. ”
If you have managed to remain in NY/NYC this long, please don’t come to Dallas! The deep blue relocations have already turned our once great red (law abiding) city an ugly purple. We just don’t need the chaos you create.
-g
“Union activists have objected that the majority of the editorial staffers laid off were women of color or transgender.” (“marginalized people”!)
Bingo! These are always the people who cause disruption and work place strife!
Condé Nast was correct to remove them
Why are Republicans in the House and Senate so afraid to bring Jack Smith before their committees to testify in public under oath before the American people?
Isn’t that what MAGA wants?
Don’t you want to “expose” him?
What’s going on here?
The Republicans are deathly afraid of THE TRUTH.
And for very good reasons.
They all are involved in shielding a pedophile con-artist, while delivering huge sums of money to their very wealthy sponsors, just so they become even richer.
There is a clip out thre from someone connected close to Epstein where the speaker claims that Epstein believed that Trump
was the one who tipped off the police about what was going on at Epstein’s mansion and that since that time the two of
them had been hateful enemies.
Were that the case bozo, dims and the xiden admin woulda been releasing lists and tapes and such 5 years ago. Try to use some critical thinking skills clown.
Now, the truth is, pervs are on both sides of the aisle, but the majority of the ‘names’ and the most egregious offenders are obviously leftists and the (((non Irish))), otherwise this woulda all been public long ago.
They all are involved in shielding a pedophile con-artist
Is that you visiting here, President Daddy-Daughter Inappropriate Pedophile Incest Showers? You were more palatable when you were just known as Bribery Biden.
ARE YOU PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME????? BBBBUUTTTT…. MUH TRUMP!!!
Emails show Smith team tied to blocking Clinton campaign inquiry as DOJ builds grand conspiracy case
“Justice Department officials tied to special counsel Jack Smith’s team have been linked to the blocking of an FBI inquiry into the Clinton campaign’s 2016 funding of the Steele Dossier, with this being just the latest revelation about Smith as the Trump Justice Department builds a grand conspiracy case alleging years of anti-Trump lawfare.”
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/jack-smith-team-tied-blocking-clinton-campaign-inquiry-trump-doj-builds-grand
I heard tell that the Democrats in Congress will soon be putting forth a new bill making it illegal to fire any person of color and anyone with gender dementia. An additional provision allowing the showing off of your new big breasts with kids present on the white house lawn will be presented as a new amendment to the constitution. Chuck Schumer will virtue signal the new bill right to the top of the agenda and Jeffries will carry his baseball bat to the floor to make sure that none of his colleagues step out of line. And of course Maxine Waters will chime in to say, get up in their faces because they are trying to fire one of our brethren.
Last but not least, Chuckie Schumer with wild eyes and hair in disarray will declare that if any person of color or gender dementia is fired the business that does the firing will soon meet the whirlwind as he adjusts his kendi cloth. And the Joker just smiles.
TiT,
Good one! You should submit that gem to the Bee!
My deceased dad, a political refugee imprisoned in Cuba, once said to me that the US is the last place on earth the Socialists will come to. He also said it would happen. We now have generations of indoctrinated Socialists who have ascended to positions of power. They were elected by like-minded people. It is only a matter of time when we see another civil war. We know how violent the Left is. Some States are now beyond return to our Constitutional norms. Imagine how fast this would be descending if Harris won. God save our country.
If the pre-civil war ideology of the southern democrats was fierce enough to offer up as many lives just to protect slavery, imagine what fervor for destruction can be inculcated into the many vacuous brains of these woke, progressive-minded tools of the radical left. When it finally comes to conflict, be assured that the left will have many foreign comrades willing to aid in their goal.
Your idiocy and lack of understanding is amazing.
Even the war criminal lincoln stated on several occasions – including in writing – that his war had NOTHING to do with slavery. The South echoed that. Maybe try turning off the TV and reading some actual history not printed in nyc…
[oh and btw… you are correct that the left will have/does have many foreign comrades, just like they did in 1860; look at the number of foreign mercenaries and Europeans who were enslaved to fight for the marxist north. Exactly (((who))) do you think was behind it then, as well as now?!?]
John844
That’s the lie that they use to keep the Blacks on their government plantation. If you look deeper it was more along the lines of Old Banking Monarchy money opposed to the new wealth being acquired by Southern growers. No taxation on manufacturing but taxation on all agricultural goods.