Black type on a white background reads "paper" within the blue outline of a pencil that runs off to the right, loosely mirroring Pittsburgh's three rivers. Beneath the logo it reads "PITTSBURGH ALLIANCE FOR PEOPLE-EMPOWERED REPORTING."
What if our local news was run by workers, and neighbors — accountable to our own working-class problems — instead of being both-sides-ing millionaire pet projects? We teamed up w/ our community and formed PAPER to do just that. Can you donate to support today?
OurPaperNow.org
27.01.2026 18:12
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Labor Board files for contempt charges on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after company defies court order and closes newspaper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
PG NEWS: On January 20th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed contempt charges against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for defying court orders to restore workers’ health care plan.
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21.01.2026 16:21
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Journalists @pghguild.com aren't giving up on providing Pittsburgh with the caliber of journalism the community deserves.
Sign this petition today, stating your support for alternative ownership of a daily news outlet in Pittsburgh — PG or otherwise.
✍️: actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi...
08.01.2026 19:11
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Post-Gazette to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company’s Bid to Evade Court Order.
NEW: Post-Gazette to shut down 240-year-old paper after SCOTUS slaps down company’s bid to evade court order
“Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com
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07.01.2026 20:26
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Los Angeles Times journalists approve new contract by 87% after three years | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Unionized journalists at the Los Angeles Times voted 156 to 23 on Tuesday to ratify a three-year contract deal with Media Guild of the West.
NEW: LA Times journalists (@latguild.bsky.social) approved a new contract after three years of hard-fought negotiations.
Under the deal, which covers more than 200 Guild members, every newsroom worker will receive a raise of at least $3,000 in the first year.
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03.12.2025 20:01
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Follow along as the @pghguild.com strike paper's @johnnysantapup.bsky.social covers college 🏈 and Brad and Steve work all day this championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social. Meanwhile here are the PIAA playoffs results, and the Mon Incline is open for Light Up Night: www.unionprogress.com
22.11.2025 14:33
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The Thursday @pghguild.com strike paper gets ready for Saturday's Western Pennsylvania high school football championships: www.unionprogress.com
20.11.2025 13:59
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Wednesday's strike paper: The United Way seeks free tax prep volunteers, Ed Blazina has a distinctly convoluted Pittsburgh roadwork report, and @stevemellon412.bsky.social is there as @pghguild.com's Goldy loses his locks: www.unionprogress.com
19.11.2025 13:43
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A group of people holding up their fists behind a sign that reads "Third Circuit ruled in our favor! We won!"
This comes on the heels of last week's 3rd Circuit court of appeals order that affirms the National Labor Relations Board order that says that the Post-Gazette must reinstate our contract that they illegally ripped up over five years ago.
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/11/t...
18.11.2025 15:19
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From left to right, a man in a red sweater and his hands in his pocket, another man with long hair and a long beard in a grey shirt holding his hands up, a final man kneeling and holding a laptop.
Yesterday, on day 1,126 of our unfair labor practice strike, our return to work notice was sent to @post-gazette.com ownership.
“Every single step of the way, we have told the company and decision makers within it that this is what would happen.”
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
18.11.2025 15:19
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Monday morning at the @pghguild.com strike paper: @johnnysantapup.bsky.social lays out the district @ncaafb.bsky.social playoff picture and Ed Blazina reports on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's annual service report: Missed trips are down, but on-time performance is an issue: www.unionprogress.com
17.11.2025 13:58
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'This is everyone’s win': Striking PG workers celebrate a big victory - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Monday started out as one of those cold, dreary Pittsburgh Mondays that you have to plod through as if it were sticky and slick with mud. The previous night’s Steelers’ game, a loss, made it worse. Yi...
“You all know how grateful I am to all of you and to everyone’s families,” he said. “The sacrifices you’ve made. You’ve gone above and beyond what anyone could ever ask for. So, I just want to say cheers to the strikers. Cheers to the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh."
11.11.2025 15:19
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It is completely absurd that this fight (of 3 years ‼️) was even necessary, but when bosses steal, we fight, and we do NOT give up.
So proud of the tenacity, courage and persistence of our Pittsburgh family ✊💪celebrating with you today.
10.11.2025 19:37
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🚨BREAKING: STRIKERS WIN!
The order affirms what we’ve said all along: The PG’s lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didn’t. We’re taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.
10.11.2025 17:53
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Red text over a white background reading "Post-Gazette striker win 3-year strike!"
Can you help us finish this fight and cover bills that’ve piled up over more than 3 years on strike? Donations go directly to striking workers’ families to cover essentials like rent, groceries and emergency expenses: www.unionprogress.com/donate/
10.11.2025 17:48
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This win is only possible because supporters near and far stood with us on picket lines, called out our bad bosses and gave generously so we could feed our families and keep a roof over our heads.
We’ve always been doing this for the community we strive to serve. That’s you.
10.11.2025 17:48
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Post-Gazette Strikers Win Three-Year Strike
U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Orders Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Restore Workers’ Rights
On Monday, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to repeal more than five years of worker rights violations and to compensate the workers who were impacted by those violations. The order, which enforces a September 2024 ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, reflects the longstanding demands of Post-Gazette workers. They have been on strike since October 2022. The Post-Gazette must now comply with the Court’s order. Strikers look forward to ending the strike and returning to work.
“Ever since Post-Gazette management ripped apart our contract in 2020, our union of journalists has been standing and fighting the lawless union-busting that we’ve been subjected to every step of the way,” said Andrew Goldstein, striking education reporter and Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh president. “When we walked out on strike in October 2022 it wasn’t just for us and our rights as workers, we were fighting for fair treatment for the future journalists in Pittsburgh and beyond. Today’s victory vindicates our fight and shows that NewsGuild workers will never back down no matter how long it takes.”
Though the paper has continuously flouted federal labor law for the better part of a decade, the combination of its workers’ strike and a circuit court ruling corners the union-busting operation. The Supreme Court, in practice, does not accept appeals of this kind. And Post-Gazette corporate brass, and attorneys, have long maintained that they would win on appeal in circuit court.
Instead, striking Post-Gazette workers — members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh-CWA — are ready to return to work on the terms they have demanded throughout their three-year strike. Those include a restoration of the health care plan the company illegally took away without bargaining in July of 2020. The contract coverage was rep…
At the same time, the Post-Gazette eliminated the guarantee of a 40-hour work week, gutted the collectively bargained short-term disability plan, took away some workers’ paid time off as well as the right to fight discipline from managers, among other issues. The imposed health care plan effectively cut workers’ wages by thousands of dollars annually by shifting costs to the employees.
“The Blocks shameless attempts at union busting failed again,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “What the Blocks — and all owners like them — need to understand is that they cannot break the law. We are stronger, braver and more principled than any boss can possibly imagine. The NewsGuild stands ready to support every journalist and all of our members in whatever it takes, however long it takes.”
"Let this be a lesson to the bosses and the bullies who think they can starve working people into submission — when we stand together, we have the power, the tenacity and the will to win," said Claude Cummings, Jr., president of the Communications Workers of America. "I am immensely proud of our strikers for their righteous victory today, and also of members and retirees from across our union and the labor movement who have stood in solidarity, donated, and sustained our strikers for three long years. When we fight together, we win together."
Throughout the three-year strike, neighbors, union members and supporters of the workers near and far have provided invaluable support by rallying with strikers, standing on picket lines and directly confronting PG managers and owners for a fair settlement. Many have provided financial support —donating more than $1 million — and boycotted the struck paper.
Workers themselves have continued to publish their own coverage of Pittsburgh and beyond as the Pittsburgh Union Progress.
"It has been an honor to fight alongside my fellow strikers and to take care of one another for the past three-plus years. We had to do both to achieve this well-e…
The order affirms what we’ve said all along: The PG’s lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didn’t. We’re taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.
Unlike the many previous rulings in our favor against the PG, the 3rd Circuit has enforcement power.
10.11.2025 17:48
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A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
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10.11.2025 17:48
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The @pghguild.com strike paper moves closer to the Western PA high school football playoffs with Steve Rotstein's Game of Week 1 (he likes Mars). Helen Fallon profiles PA Resources Council's new executive director. Ed Blazina also covers work on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail: www.unionprogress.com
29.10.2025 12:53
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