Feb 12, 2026 10:00am PT Hearst Magazines Union Authorizes Strike for 410 Members if It Fails to Reach New Deal With Company By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest Hearst Magazines Union Authorizes Strike for 410 Members if It Fails to Reach New Deal With Company 24 minutes ago Jay Shetty Launches Perfect Strangers Production Shingle, Which Has Inked Netflix Deals for Two TV Series (EXCLUSIVE) 2 hours ago Wyatt Cenac to Host 2026 Ambies Podcast Awards 20 hours ago See All More than 400 union employees at 29 Hearst Magazine publications including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping are ready to hit the picket lines if the Writers Guild of America East and the company fail to agree on a “fair contract” renewal by Friday, Feb. 13. The WGAE Council said it authorized a strike for the 410-member Hearst Magazines unit should “management fail to reach a fair contract” on Friday, the last scheduled day of bargaining.
