A Letter in Support of the
Harper’s Magazine Union
For nearly two years, the Harper’s Magazine union has been negotiating a contract. In that time, management has refused to commit to increased salary minimums for even the lowest-paid members of the unit—currently $45,000 a year, well below that of comparable publications—despite the many concessions made by the union. Management’s sole offer to raise wages came with the condition that workers give up their employer-provided health insurance. This proposal is unacceptable.
In the past year alone, the living wage for a single New Yorker, as calculated by MIT and the Living Wage Institute, has increased from $68,338 to $79,469. The stagnant salaries of union members therefore represent an effective year-on-year decrease in compensation.
As contributors, subscribers, and readers of Harper’s, we stand in solidarity with the members of the union in their fight for a fair contract and urge management to commit to meaningfully increasing the magazine’s salary minimums.
Aarti Kheskani
Abby Mohr, associate editor at Atria Books
Adam LoBelia, copy editor at Law360
Adam Shatz, U.S. editor at London Review of Books
Ade Khan, former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Aiden Brown, associate editor at Hobart Pulp
Alana Pockros, associate editor at The Nation
Alec Gewirtz, editor and publisher of Kismet Magazine
Alejandra Collado, member of UAW-ALAA
Alex Arriaga, audience engagement editor at New York Focus
Alex Caring-Lobel, senior editor at Jacobin
Alex Kane, senior reporter at Jewish Currents
Alex Kauffman, former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Alex Kong, former associate editor at Harper’s Magazine
Alex Press, labor reporter
Alex Sammon, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Alex Wells
Alexa Frank, editor at HarperCollins
Alexis Leira, production supervisor at Simon & Schuster
Alfredo Fee, associate editor at HarperCollins
Ali Qi
Allen Hale, former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Allison Claire
Ama Kwarteng
Amanda Chemeche
Amelia Anthony, David Zwirner Books; former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Ana Karina Zatarain, writer
Anabelle Johnston
Andie Blaine, fact-checker
Andrea Contreras
Andrew Berry
Andrew Hsiao, consulting editor at Haymarket Books
Andrew Krok, managing editor at Car and Driver
Anick Pleven, senior staff editor at The New York Times Magazine
Anna Barnes
Anna Donlan, designer at ProPublica
Anna Rahkonen, web proofreader at Harper’s Magazine
Anna Spack
Anna Venarchik, staff editor at the New York Times; former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Annesha Mitha, writer
Anthony Cardamone, recording secretary at OPEIU Local 494
Anthony Korum, publicist at Verso Books
Antonella Pagani
Anupya Pamidimukkala
Aparna G, Jewish Currents
April Strommer, social worker
Ari Villavicencio, student and Harper’s Magazine subscriber
Arielle Angel, editor at large at Jewish Currents
Arielle Gordon
Arielle Isack, assistant editor at The Baffler
Arley Sakai
Asa Kohrman, Harper’s Magazine reader
Ashraf Ahmed, Columbia University
Barbara McClay
Belinda Hantout
Ben Davis, art critic
Ben Ehrenreich, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Ben Lerner, poetry editor at Harper’s Magazine
Ben Mabie, senior advisor at the Dig Podcast; Long-Haul Magazine editorial collective
Ben Ullrich, Denver News Guild member
Ben Weiss, reporter at Fortune; former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Benjamin Crais, associate editor at Verso Books
Bindu Bansinath, senior writer at New York magazine’s The Cut
Blair Beusman, director of social media at The New Yorker
Brace Belden, TrueAnon Podcast
Brian Schneck, president at UAW Local 259
Brianna Di Monda, editor in chief at The Cleveland Review of Books
Bridget Read, unit chair at New York Magazine Union
Britina Cheng
Brittany Adames
Caitlin Chandler, writer
Caitlín Doherty, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Caleb Crain
Calli Ryan, artist
Calvin Cummings, subscriber
Cameron Dichter
Camille Jacobson
Carina Guiterman, vice president and executive editor at Simon & Schuster
Carina Imbornone
Carl Lisberger, former intern at Harper's Magazine
Caroline Eisenmann, vice president and senior agent at Frances Goldin Literary Agency
Caroline Mcdonald
Cassandra Rota
Cerissa DiValentino
Chandler Fritz, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Charlie Medeiros
Charlie Tyson, Harvard University
Chelsey Sanchez
Chris Crowley, writer at Caper
Chris Hatler, deputy editor at Esquire
Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Christina Hara, editorial producer at The New Yorker
Christina McLeod
Christine Smallwood, former senior editor at Harper’s Magazine
Christopher Agbo
Christopher Shay
Cinzia Reale-Castello
Claire Elliman
Claire Valdez, assemblymember AD37
Clare Coffey
Clare DeZutti, designer at Workman Publishing; Hachette Workers Coalition member
Clare Kelly, editor at Hesse Press
Colby Groves, director of marketing at Verso Books
Connie M. Jones, reader
Corinne Leong
Dallas Koelling, writer
Dan Casey
Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Dan Rose, sociologist
Dan Sheehan, senior editor at Lit Hub
Dana Kirkegaard
Daniel Brook, writer; Harper’s Magazine contributor
Daniel Fromson, editor at The New York Times Magazine; former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Daniel Gross, co-chair at The New Yorker Union
Daniel Kolitz, writer; Harper’s Magazine contributor
Daniella Shreir, Another Gaze
Danielle Carr, assistant professor at UCLA
Dave Denison, writer at large at The Baffler
David Buckley
David Hobbs, associate professor
David Marcus, literary editor at The Nation
David Rossi
David Saff, Workers United
David Velasco, writer
David Wingrave
Dayna Tortorici, editor at n+1
Dena Winter, Harper’s Magazine reader
Dennis Zhou, senior editor at The Paris Review
Devesh Kodnani, Ph.D. fellow at MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
Devin Kawailani Barricklow, co-editor in chief at Joyland
Donald Hughes
Donnie Smith, Indiana University
Doug Watson, copy editor at the New York Times
Douglas Curtis
Dwight Loines, Esq
Ed Shanahan
Elena Gorfinkel, reporter at the New York Times
Elena Saavedra Buckley, editor at The New York Times Magazine; former senior editor at Harper’s Magazine
Eli Cohen, photo editor at the New York Times
Eli Coplan
Elijah El-Bisi
Elise Pereira
Elizabeth Pankova, assistant editor at Catapult
Elizaveta Shneyderman, director at KAJE
Ellie Eberlee, editor; former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Elmo Tumbokon, editor at large at Urban Omnibus
Emily Carmichael, associate editor at The Lever
Emily Gogolak, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Emily Harnett, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Emily Wells
Emily Zhang
Emily Zhao, senior business analyst at W. W. Norton
Emma Chuck
Emma Fajgenbaum
Emma Grillo, former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Emma Hager, University of California
Emma Kozitzky
Emma Preston
Engin Ural
Erich Kessel Jr, professor
Erika Bonaparte, UAW Local 163
Erin Chung
Erin Somers
Esme Levitch
Eva Kenny, writer
Evan Easterling
Fiona Sharp, senior subrights associate at Simon & Schuster
Gaby Del Valle, reporter at The Verge; contributor at Harper’s Magazine
Gail Shumway
Garrett McGrath, senior book editor at Hearst and author
Garrett Montague
Gemma Klinkowstein
Genevieve Finn, fact-checker at The Atlantic
Gita Krishna
Grace Byron, writer
Grayson Scott, assistant editor at The Baffler
Grace Molteni, senior designer at the Center for Investigative Reporting
Greg Windle
Griffin Reed, University of Chicago Press
Grover Downs, UAW Local 412
Gus O’Connor
Habeeba Idris O'Neill
Haesun Kim, assistant copy editor at The Nation
Haley Mlotek, writer
Halle Butler, author
Hannah Aizenman, deputy poetry editor at The New Yorker
Hannah Chodosh, subscriber
Hannah Gold, writer
Hannah Zeavin, contributor at Harper’s Magazine; professor at UC Berkeley
Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Harrison Bronfeld
Hasan Piker, streamer
Hayley Bruner
Hazel Byers, engagement editor at The Paris Review
Helen DeWitt, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Helena Duncan
Helena Gabrielle Ong
Holden Seidlitz
Hudson McLeod
Iman Husain, The New Yorker
Indigo Olivier, reporter-researcher at The New Republic
Irene Bunnell
Isa Salazar
Isaac Kaplan, subscriber
Isaac Scher, editorial assistant at the New York Times Opinion
Isabel Powis
Izzy Ampil
Izzy Groenewegen
Jack Davies, editor at Long-Haul Magazine
Jack Flynn
Jack Gross
Jack Mirkinson, senior editor at The Nation
Jack Noland
Jack Sheehan
Jackie Gutierrez
Jacob Fuller, writer
Jacob Remes, clinical associate professor at New York University
Jacquelyn Johnson
Jael Goldfine, fact-checker at The New Yorker
Jake Bittle
James Folta, Lit Hub
James Todd, subscriber
James Walsh, writer at New York magazine
James Yeh, adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University
Jameson Fitzpatrick, clinical associate professor at New York University
Jamie Lauren Keiles, writer
Jane Breakell, The Paris Review
Janie Kim
January Santoso
Jasmine Vojdani, senior newsletter editor at New York magazine
Jasper Craven, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Jasper Davidoff
Jaylen Strong, culture and communications administrator at the People’s Forum
Jeffrey Gomes
Jeffrey Wright
Jenn Swann, freelance writer
Jennifer Harlan
Jennifer Lenow
Jennifer Wilson, staff writer at The New Yorker
Jesse Barron, contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine
Jessica Mcallen
Jim Luttrell, senior staff editor at New York Times; unit chair at the Times Guild
Joan Nassivera, staff editor at the New York Times Opinion
Joanna Biggs, former senior editor at Harper’s Magazine
Joanne Choi, attorney
Jocelyn Hawkins
John Baldwin
John Cruickshank, The New York Times Tech Guild
John Ganz, Harper’s Magazine contributor
John Myers, director of technology and production at The Nation
Jon Lemay, audio producer at The New Yorker
Jonathan Lewis
Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, editor; Harper’s Magazine contributor and former intern
Jordan Larson, features editor at New York magazine’s The Cut
Jordan Milian
Joy Williams, writer
Julia Case-Levine
Julia Gunnison
Julia Khan, University of California
Julian Epp, associate editor at Dissent
Julien Devlin
Justin Mayhugh, UAW member
Justin Symonds, video editor
JW McCormack, literary editor at The Baffler
Kameel Mir, editor at Feminist Press
Kara Miller, designer at Cosmopolitan
Karen Yourish
Kat Chen
Kate Mabus
Kate Zambreno
Kathleen Alcott, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Kathryn Kenney-Peterson, book designer at Simon & Schuster
Kathy McKenzie
Katie Long
Katy Carr
Katya Schwenk, reporter at The Lever
Kelli McAdams
Kelly Dickinson, The Baffler
Kerry Cullen, author
Kevin Cheng
Kevin Lozano, writer
Kevin Xue
Kim Kelly, labor reporter and author
Kit Duckworth, associate editor
Kristen Martin, writer
Kyla Jones, research editor at The New York Times Magazine
Kyle Paoletta, contributor at Harper’s Magazine
Kylie Cheung
Lana Pochiro, sales director at Verso Books
Lari Rutschmann, associate publisher at New York Review of Architecture
Laura Hebert
Laura Kellner, sales and marketing at Kikkerland Design
Laurel Noack, reader
Lauren Michele Jackson, contributing writer at The New Yorker
Lauren Oyler, contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine
Leah Abrams
Leila Markosian, The Baffler
Leilani Surdam
Leon Pan
Levy Ross, UAW Local 2325 (ALAA)
Lili Stern, organizer at UAW Local 2320
Lily Sanchez, former managing editor at Current Affairs; Harper’s Magazine
Lisa Borst
Lisa Cochran, ISOLARII
Liv Noble
Livia Wood, associate fiction editor at The Drift
Liz Boyd, New York magazine
Liz Pelly, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Lola Jusidman
Lora Kelley
Loreta Lamargese, senior director at Bortolami Gallery
Louis Packard, poet; ATU Local 308 member
Lucas Jones
Lucy Hannah, marketing
Lucy Schiller, writer
Lucy Stockton, journalist at More Perfect Union
Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes
Luke Guillory, commerce editor at Esquire
Lydia Davis, professor emerita at SUNY Albany; MacArthur Fellow
Lydia Kiesling
Maddie Crum
Madeline Grimm, assistant to the publisher at Rizzoli New York
Madi Winfield
Madison Jamar
Madison Thân
Maia Brockbank, subscriber
Makaelah Walters, the New York Times
Malcolm Harris
Marella Gayla
Mari Cohen, senior politics editor at Jewish Currents
Marisa LaScala, Writers Guild of America East
Mark Huston
Mark Krotov, co-editor and publisher at n+1
Matene Toure, journalist and fact-checker
Matt Nadel, program manager at Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale University
Matt Stieb, writer at New York magazine
Matthew Colby, video editor at Condé Nast
Max Rogow, subscriber
Maya Raiford Cohen, associate editor at Astra House
Megan Nolan, author
Meghan Shouse
Melanie Brusseler, U.S. programme director at Common Wealth
Melinda Butterfield, co-editor at Struggle-La Lucha magazine
Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic Union
Melissa Weiss, art director at Verso Books
Merray Gerges
Michael Cuesta, reader
Michael Foy, senior designer at Mother Jones
Michael Onwutalu
Miguel Florencio, copy editor at The New Yorker
Mikaela Dery
Mikail Husain
Mike Carter
Milly McKinnish, designer at Simon & Schuster
Mina Tavakoli
Miranda Wollen
Miriam Gordis
Molly Young
Nancy Lemann, writer
Natalia Winkelman, film critic
Natalie Bettendorf, producer at The Lever
Natalie Lerner, artist and worker
Natasha O’Neill, digital line editor at Vanity Fair
Nathan Goldman, senior editor at Jewish Currents
Nawal Arjini, assistant editor at The New York Review of Books
Nicholas Russell, writer
Nick Bowlin, freelance journalist
Nico Walker
Nicolaia Rips, writer
Nicole West
Nifath Chowdhury
Nigel Van Ha, subscriber
Nikita Biswal
Niko Angell-Gargiulo, Basic Books
Nitish Pahwa, staff writer at Slate; council member for the Writers Guild of America East
Noa Azulai
Noah Jacobs, NABET-CWA Local 11
Noah Kulwin
Nora Gonzalez, literary agent
Obafemi Indigo Burris-Albans
Oliver Eagleton, editor at Tribune
Olivia Aylmer, writer and editor
Olivia Jenkinson
Oona Holahan
Orlando Reade
Owen Hoffsten
Owen Maldonado, senior video editor at Hearst Magazines
Owen Park, The Paris Review
Pagona Kytzidis
Paige Oamek, editor and journalist
Paul Blue
Paul Tael, video editor
Pauline Cochran
Perri Smith Walker, former advertising operations manager at Harper’s Magazine
Peter Huhne
Phat Vu, video Producer at Hearst Enthusiast Group
Piper French, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Qianze Zhang
Rachel Cantor, literary agent; former vice president of digital at Harper’s Magazine
Rachel Kambury, associate editor at HarperCollins (UAW 2110)
Rachel Nolan, contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine; assistant professor at Boston University
Rachel R. White, writer
Rachel Sargent, associate editor at HarperCollins
Rachel Stone
Rachel Vorona Cote
Rain Jacobson, University of Pennsylvania
Raoul Anchondo, staff editor
Rasheeda Saka, editor at Seven Stories Press
Rayne Fisher-Quann
Richard Fass
Rita Levine
Rob Arcand
Roland High, cartoonist at The New Yorker
Rosalie Ryan, development director at Dissent
Rose D’Amora, managing editor at The Nation
Rosemarie Ho
Roxy Bonafont
Ryan Baesemann, managing editor at County Highway
Ryan Brower, Men’s Health and Women’s Health
Ryan McCoy
Saba Ahmed
Sam Adler-Bell, writer
Sam Lopez, subscriber
Sam Russek, reporter-researcher at The New Republic
Sam Vladimirsky, The New Yorker
Samantha Payne
Samantha Schuyler, research director at The Nation
Sammy Grobman
Samuel Rutter, editor in chief at Kismet Magazine
Sara Krolewski, The Atlantic
Sarah Osment, University of Chicago
Sarah Valentine, writer
Sasha Fletcher
Scott Callan
Scott Evans, features editor at Motor Trend
Scott Rossi, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Sean Donahue
Shaan Merchant
Sheila Heti, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa, fact-checker
Shreya Chattopadhyay, assistant editor at The Drift
Simon Torracinta, senior editor at Dissent
Simone Liu
Sirena He, Hearst/Esquire
Sofia Majstorovic
Sophie Haigney, advisory editor at The Paris Review
Sophie Hurwitz
Sophie Kemp
Sophie Pinkham, Cornell University
Sophie Pugh-Sellers, Grove Atlantic
Spencer Bokat-Lindell, editor at the New York Times Opinion; former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Stacey Pittman, senior photo editor
Stacy Cowley, member at NewsGuild of New York
Stephanie Guerdan, organizer at UAW; former associate editor at HarperCollins
Stephanie Wambugu, novelist
Stephen Squibb
Susan Rinkunas, co-founder of Autonomy News; former senior reporter at Jezebel
Susie Brustin
Swati Sudarsan
Syeda Sanjidha
T.M. Brown, senior reporter at CNN
Tadhg Larabee, assistant editor at Jacobin
Tanvi Misra, writer and investigative reporter
Tara Sharma, editor at Astra House
Tarpley Hitt, editor at The Paris Review
Terrence Arjoon, poet
Theo Kahler, senior news editor at Hearst Magazines
Tiffanie Lambert
Tim Barker
Tim Thomas, publicity director at Verso Books
Tim Williams, journalist at the New York Times
Tisya Mavuram
Tobi Haslett, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Tom Coffey, author and retired longtime editor at the New York Times
Tony Tulathimutte
Tonya Douraghy, art director at The New York Times Book Review
Trinity Lester
Tuhfa Begum
Uma Payne, subscriber
Vanda Mayer, former intern at Harper’s Magazine
Victoria Uren
Victoria Weiley
Vivian Gornick, Harper’s Magazine contributor
Walker Caplan
Wick Hallos
Will Niedmann, subscriber
Will Tavlin
William Rehbock, online editor at MotorTrend
Winnie Wang, film critic
Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic
Z.H. Gill
Zach Hicks, Long-Haul Magazine
Zachariah Webb, web editor at The Baffler
Zain Khalid
Zito Madu, writer
Zoe Dubno
Zoe Guttenplan, deputy editor at Literary Review
Zoë Hu, n+1