Neighbour hands out drinks as New Yorker magazine workers protest outside Anna Wintour’s home

‘Bosses wear Prada, workers get nada!’ employees chanted outside

(Twitter/Kerry Flynn)

About 100 employees from The New Yorker and other Condé Nast titles protested outside Anna Wintour’s posh Manhattan townhouse on Tuesday, amid stalled union contract negotiations with the publisher and the prospect of a strike.

The New York Times reported that the protesters were mostly fact checkers and editorial employees for the venerable magazine title. The crowd, which included employees from other Condé properties, chanted “Bosses wear Prada, workers get nada!” outside Ms Wintour’s home, a four-story townhouse on a posh West Village block. The home is likely worth nearly $13 million, according to Zillow.

The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright tweeted Ms Wintour did not appear to be home at the time, and that a neighbour offered beverages to the protesters, who pledged to demonstrate despite the stormy weather.

Earlier in the week, The New Yorker union, which is part of the NewsGuild, unveiled a website outlining their demands, which include a $60,000 salary floor. The union said that some editorial employees make as little as $42,000. Ms Wintour’s annual salary is believed to be about $2 million. Wintour has served as the top editor for Vogue for decades and also holds the titles of worldwide chief content officer and global editorial director for nearly all of the Condé titles.

The publishing company attempted to head off the protest, sending an email on Monday arguing that “targeting an individual’s private home and publicly sharing its location is not acceptable”. However, several articles have been written about Ms Wintour’s residence, including ahead of a political fundraiser she hosted for Barack Obama.

Condé Nast and The New Yorker union have been at loggerheads for more than two years over collective bargaining demands. The magazine’s staff have threatened a general strike, or work stoppage, if the talks do not yield a breakthrough.