"Staffers in Limbo: Inside Condé Nast's Central Editorial Group Amid Layoff Uncertainty"

Dozens of Condé Nast staffers, marked for layoffs, have been placed in a "central editorial group" as contract negotiations with the NewsGuild of New York continue. The workers, who are still being paid their full salaries, have been assigned rote tasks such as summarizing past coverage and creating profiles of public figures. The union and the company are locked in contentious labor negotiations, with no end in sight, and both sides have filed unfair labor practice charges against each other. The workers in the centralized group are in a state of suspension, unsure of when the situation will be resolved.