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Representing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom and full-time faculty at Point Park University | NewsGuild-CWA Local 38061
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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/
Red text over a white background reading "Post-Gazette striker win 3-year strike!"
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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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.
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…
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The front is a small logo; the back is a beaut.
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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We know that we’re fighting for a future where journalists in Pittsburgh can afford to live in and report on our region. We know that we can’t rely on the bosses to treat us fairly, and that we need to fight for what we deserve.

Grab a Union Progress shirt today and support us in our fight!
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Design by Jen Kundrach We’re so excited to get these to you wherever you are. Please fill out the custom form here to let us know which size shirt you want. We have been handing these out wit…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM