Any amount of time working under Miranda Priestly is enough to make one empathize with the employees at Condé Nast. Anne Hathaway reportedly walked off set at a Vanity Fair photo shoot on January 23 in solidarity with members of the Condé Nast Union participating in a work stoppage, according to Variety. Hathaway hadn’t taken photos when a member of SAG-AFTRA reportedly advised Hathaway’s team against it. Hathaway “just got up from hair and makeup and left,†a source told Variety.
Staff from GQ, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit, Architectural Digest, Vogue, Glamour, Allure, Epicurious, Self, Condé Nast Traveler, Them, and Teen Vogue are currently on a work stoppage to protest “unlawful handling of layoff negotiations and bad-faith bargaining,†according to a press release. While Hathaway has since left the industry for more stable work in fields including musical French prostitution and prison psychology, she still understands the perilous plight of being a media worker.