New York Times, Condé Nast union lawyers up after leaders’ anti-Israel tweets
NY Post
The NewsGuild of New York, which represents journalists at The New York Times, Reuters and Condé Nast, has now hired an outside law firm to investigate tweets from a staff member who called Zionists “butchers” and “depraved monsters” on social media.
On a Wednesday call to discuss increased dues with members, representatives were instead inundated with questions about antisemitic posts by union leaders.
One reporter on the call asked why she and fellow journalists “were paying for staff that aren’t working for us.
“They’re working against us,” the unnamed reporter added, according to an audio recording reviewed by The Post. “Is there a mechanism to receive a refund for those fees [that paid union salaries]?”
Others on the call expressed anger that, in addition to paying union representatives making anti-Israel comments, they are also paying attorneys to investigate those reps.
The outside investigation was announced after The Post published an article highlighting the hateful comments on Tuesday.
