Met Gala workers who were threatening to strike and stage Vogue protest at glamorous event call off their plans after reaching 11th hour deal with Conde Nast

Conde Nast union workers who were threatening to strike Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour's New York Met Gala have reached a deal with the media conglomerate.

Over 500 members from various publications such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Allure, Self, Glamour, GQ, Teen Vogue and Bon Appetit were set to walk out Monday unless negotiators reached a deal for the union's first contract.

'Conde Nast workers are demanding a fair contract. A supermajority of union members are ready to do whatever it takes. Conde Nast management: meet us at the table, or we'll meet you at the Met,' the union said in a message posted to X on Saturday.

The union said Monday that their pledge to do 'whatever it takes' ahead of the annual Met Gala, including protesting at the coveted event, moved the company and led to bargaining. 

'When we fight, we win: We are excited to announce that we have a tentative agreement with Conde Nast on our first contract,' the organization said.

Conde Nast union workers were threatening to strike Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour 's New York Met Gala

The union said Monday that their pledge to do 'whatever it takes' ahead of the annual Met Gala, including protesting at the coveted event, moved the company and led to bargaining

Over 500 members from various publications including Vouge were set to walk out on the day of the Met Gala unless negotiators reached a deal for the union's first contract

Conde Union said the agreement includes a $61,500 starting salary floor; an end to the two-tier permalance system, just cause, expanded bereavement leave, two more weeks of family leave (14 total) and $3.3 million in total wage increases.

As well as eight weeks severance, three months of COBRA coverage or, in lieu of COBRA, a one time lump sum payment; an additional $1,000 payment and much more for workers who get laid off.

Condé Nast Chief People Officer Stan Duncan sent an email to staffers at 3:28 a.m. on Monday announcing they had reached a deal just in time for the Met Gala.

'We are happy to have a contract that reflects and supports our core values - our content and journalism; our commitment to diversity and professional development; our industry-leading hiring practices and our competitive wages and benefits,' Duncan said.

The Met Gala is set to draw a massive crowd of celebrities, including Wintour's co-chairs Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth.

This year's theme is The Garden of Time, inspired by J.G. Ballard's 1962 short story of the same name. Florals are expected this time around as well as vintage.

It's called 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.' It includes 250 items from The Costume Institute´s permanent collection, including some garments very rarely seen in public. The exhibit opens to the public Friday and runs through Sept. 2.

Workers had been calling on Wintour and Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch to meet them at the bargaining table leading up to the Big Apple's biggest night in fashion. 

Video shows protesters outside Wintour's home chanting: 'Bosses wear Prada, workers get nada.' 

During negotiations in March, workers marched up to Lynch's office to demand answers as to why company executives were demanding more layoffs.

Anne Hathaway walked out of a Vanity Fair photoshoot in January to show her support for the Condé Nast Union walk out.

Hundreds of unionized staffers at Condé Nast, walked out in protest of looming layoffs.

The union urged people not to cross the digital picket line by refraining from visiting Conde Nast sites, which also include GQ, Bon Appetit, Glamour, Architectural Digest and Teen Vogue.

Workers had been calling on Wintour (left) and Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch (right) to meet them at the bargaining table leading up to the Big Apple's biggest night in fashion

Lynch said last fall it would lay off five percent of the total staff - about 300 employees.

Facing protest by the union, Conde Nast later said it would instead lay off 94 members of the guild, about 20 percent of total unionized staff.

In 2020, the magazine publisher was under fire when it laid off nearly 100 employees in the US due to a sharp decline in ad revenue spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.

The cuts were announced in an internal memo that also said under 100 other staffers would be temporarily furloughed and 'a handful' of the company's approximate 2,700 staffers would have reduced work schedules.

Also that year, Condé Nast announced in a separate memo that employees earning more than $100,000 would receive 10 to 20 percent pay cuts.