After two years of striking, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers aren't ready to give up

After two years of striking, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers aren't ready to give up

Author: Working People October 19, 2024 Duration: 59:17

We're coming up on a pretty mind-blowing anniversary in the news labor world–Two years ago, in October 2022, after the newspaper unilaterally cut off insurance benefits to production workers and newsroom workers filed ULPs for bad-faith bargaining, the workers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette walked off the job on strike. 

 

The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh has been in negotiations for a contract with Post Gazette management for SEVEN years - since 2017 - and have battled bad faith bargaining, illegal and unilaterally imposed changes to working conditions, and loss of vacation time and insurance benefits. In October 2022, newsroom workers voted to go on strike, and strike they did.

 

Now, two years later, the workers of the Post Gazette are still on strike–and despite the NLRB upholding their Unfair Labor Practice charges against the company, still have a long way to go to total victory.

 

Today, we've brought some of the striking workers onto the show to talk about the last two years of striking, the welcome updates from the NLRB, and what's next for the workers as their battle continues.

 

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