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Susan DeCarava
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President of The NewsGuild of New York, plant mama, cookbook reader, fighting the good fight always ✊🏾
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Journalists help keep New Yorkers safe!
Glad @council.nyc.gov nyc.gov is ensuring journalists maintain access to encrypted NYPD scanners so we can keep the public informed. It’s time for @governor.ny.gov to ensure the same for all New Yorkers across our great state.

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Over and not out: City Council approves bill guaranteeing press access to NYPD encrypted radio feed – amNewYork
The New York City Council approved a bill Thursday that would require the NYPD to establish and implement a radio encryption policy that will ensure reporters
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December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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5/ Here's management's response to our proposal that the company shall follow progressive discipline. It says management reserves the right to combine or skips steps.
The top of the image reads: "Our discipline proposal: The Company shall follow progressive discipline." The bottom of the image reads "ProPublica management's response" and shows the same text as above, but with a red line over the text. Below the struck out line, it reads "ProPublica shall endeavor to follow the principles of progressive discipline ... However, the Company reserves the right to combine or skip steps ..."
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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4/ Here's management's response to our proposal that a performance plan should have a set number of working days — a total strikethrough.
The top of the image reads: "Our discipline proposal: A valid Performance Improvement Plan must provide ... at least ninety (90) working days, not including holidays, vacation and leave, before the Company may determine that an employee failed to meet the objectives of a PIP." The bottom of the image reads "ProPublica management's response" and includes the same proposal, but with red lines through all of the text.
December 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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3/ Here's management's response to our proposal that our members should have guild representation in disciplinary meetings — a total strikethrough.
The top of the image reads "Our discipline proposal: Employees shall have the right to have a Guild representative or steward present at any meeting that the employee reasonably believes may lead to discipline or discharge." The bottom of the image reads "ProPublica management's response:" and includes the same proposal, but with red lines striking out all of the text.
December 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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2/ Here's management's response to our proposal that PIPs must have clear, reasonable and objective criteria — a total strikethrough.
The top half of a graphic reads: "Our discipline proposal: A valid Performance Improvement Plan must provide ... clear, reasonable and objective criteria or metrics by which the employee’s performance will be assessed. " The bottom half of the graphic says "ProPublica Management's Response" and incudes the same proposal text but all of it has a red line through it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
Headline: ProPublica management wants 100% discretion over when and how to use AI Supplementary text: The organization rejected our proposal that ensures staff will not be replaced by AI and requires labeling AI-generated content
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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SLOP #NewsNotSlop
newsguild.org The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 13d
Word of the year: SLOP! @merriam-webster.com

"Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don't want to touch. Slop oozes into everything."

We could not agree more. Keep AI slop out of our news! #NewsNotSlop

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2025 Word of the Year: Slop
Plus 'gerrymander', 'touch grass', 'performative', and other words that defined the year
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December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Condé Nast's actions are in direct violation of our contracts and of labor law. Solidarity with our unjustly fired colleagues across the company. This is not over.
condeunion.bsky.social Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · Nov 6
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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This is outrageous union-busting behavior from clueless Condé management! You better believe @nyguild.bsky.social members will be rallying to support our unjustly terminated union siblings!!! ✊
condeunion.bsky.social Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · Nov 6
A statement from Wired's Conde Union Members
WIRED is doing some of the most impactful political reporting of this administration. That’s made possible by our subscribers, who signal to our employer, Conde Nast, that this work is worth protecting. Conde has never told us what to report and has stood behind our work, but it is also true that how a company treats its workers is political. The Conde Union has been working tirelessly to bring that same spirit of accountability to all of Conde Nast and must continue to do so. —WIRED’s Conde Union Members
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Hey @propublica.org - It's time you listen to the 1,300-and-climbing who have signed the petition for a fair contract NOW for our @propublicaguild.org
propublicaguild.org ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · Oct 15
Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
ProPublica Guild Secretary Jeff Ernsthausen presents CEO Robin Sparkman with our petition signatures. ProPublica Guild members gather in CEO Robin Sparkman’s office delivering petition signatures. ProPublica Guild members gather in CEO Robin Sparkman’s office delivering petition signatures. ProPublica Guild members gather in the hallway outside CEO Robin Sparkman’s office, delivering petition signatures.
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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On today's layoffs at @nbcnews.com affecting our NBC Digital NewsGuild: "What’s clear: Corporate profits are being maximized at the expense of our hard-working members who create the very value that drives the success of NBC," says NY Guild President Susan DeCarava
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Earlier this week, we covered @propublica.org’s NYC office in quotes from folks who signed our petition for a fair contract. Our supporters' message is clear: Management needs to meet our demands for a more equitable and transparent workplace now.
A guild member sits at her desk with a poster that reads: From a ProPublica reader: “Just Cause was the first thing Spotlight PA Management and Guild agreed to. Should be a no-brainer for a civic-minded publication like ProPublica.” A guild member sits at a desk with a poster that reads: From a ProPublica reader: “Better, more secure working conditions create better, more impactful journalism.” A poster taped to the ProPublica office closet reads: From a ProPublica reader: “ProPublica workers deserve a contract as powerful as their world-moving investigations.” A poster taped to the ProPublica office wall reads: From a ProPublica reader: “It’s time to protect your most valuable asset, your employees.”
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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FOLLOW THE MONEY: Why were we, a newspaper union, outside a Brooklyn pilates studio recently, sharing our fight for a fair contract? Watch our new video about the family behind SLT Studios.
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Thrilled to become a vice chair of the @nyguild.bsky.social with my Guild Forward comrades, led by the dynamic duo @susandecarava.bsky.social & Bill Baker.

Joining this union changed my life, and I’m excited to keep up the fight against bosses everywhere.

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Headshots of the 13 candidates for NewsGuild of New York on the Guild Forward slate: - Susan DeCarava, local president - Bill Baker (Times Guild), treasurer - Jody Godoy (Reuters Guild), local chair - Kathy Zhang (Times Tech Guild), secretary - Alma Avalle (Condé Nast Editorial), 1st vice president - Theresa Schliep (Law360 Union), 2nd vice president - Dave Ingram (NBC News Guild), 3rd vice president - Daniel Neuburger (People United), vice chair - Max Eddy (Wirecutter Union), vice chair - Mike Davis (APP-MCJ Guild), vice chair - Jonathan Allen (Reuters Guild), vice chair - Hannah Aizenman (The New Yorker Union), vice chair - Nish Suvarnakar (Consumers Union), vice chair
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Tomorrow, our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com marks it's third full year. Three years of fighting the most lawless union-busting campaign can be tiring, but we're never going to quit fighting.

Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...
Three banners, two black with white text and one red with white text, that read POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN hang from a yellow bridge with the Pittsburgh skyline in the background.
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
ProPublica Guild Secretary Jeff Ernsthausen presents CEO Robin Sparkman with our petition signatures. ProPublica Guild members gather in CEO Robin Sparkman’s office delivering petition signatures. ProPublica Guild members gather in CEO Robin Sparkman’s office delivering petition signatures. ProPublica Guild members gather in the hallway outside CEO Robin Sparkman’s office, delivering petition signatures.
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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The reporters, photographers and editors of the Daily News Union stand with the journalists who were assaulted today while documenting ICE operations at 26 Federal Plaza.
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
A photojournalist on assignment at 26 Federal Plaza was hospitalized Tuesday following a chaotic incident with federal immigration enforcement agents, according to video footage and witnesses who s…
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October 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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STATEMENT: The NewsGuild of New York condemns the violent attack by ICE agents against three journalists covering immigration proceedings in Manhattan and demands that immigration courts take immediate action to prevent similar attacks from happening in the future.

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STATEMENT: NYGuild Executive Committee Condemns ICE Agent Attacks on Journalists
The bedrock of democracy is a free press, which includes the right of reporters to ask questions of and report on the government, including law enforcement …
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October 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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ON THE AIR: “Alden is a hedge fund that cares about one thing and one thing only - money,” said our @antwanstaley.bsky.social, who was on The @realmichaelkay.bsky.social Show, talking about @nydailynews.com sports staffing under owner Alden Global Capital.

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Hour 1: Antwan Staley
Podcast Episode · The Michael Kay Show · 09/03/2025 · 53m
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September 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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My colleagues deserve better. Our readers deserve better. New York City deserves better.
nyguild.bsky.social The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · Sep 4
DAILY NEWS ON THE WALL OF SHAME 🧵: What an ‘honor’ for @nydailynews.com! The Alden Global Capital-owned newspaper has been named one of NYC’s worst employers for union-busting and violating the law. Congrats to the Heath Freeman and management at @NYDailyNews
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September 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I have, and always will, love the Daily News. The staff deserves better.✊🏻
nyguild.bsky.social The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · Sep 4
DAILY NEWS ON THE WALL OF SHAME 🧵: What an ‘honor’ for @nydailynews.com! The Alden Global Capital-owned newspaper has been named one of NYC’s worst employers for union-busting and violating the law. Congrats to the Heath Freeman and management at @NYDailyNews
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September 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Watch this video with our president, @susandecarava, who talks about what winning the 'Visionary Award' means to her
newsguild.org The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · May 13
NEW: President of the @nyguild.bsky.social, Susan DeCarava, just made Guild history as the first-ever NewsGuild recipient of the NYC Central Labor Council’s Visionary Award in the award’s 60-year history!

The award not only recognizes her leadership but also her role in protecting a free press. 📰
May 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Our members have won hard-fought contracts requiring employers to uphold the basic principles of a diverse workplace and make good-faith efforts to promote equity and inclusion in hiring.

Read our statement:
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May 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM