{"id":93701,"date":"2026-01-22T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/93701\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:01:13","slug":"pittsburgh-post-gazette-workers-call-for-new-union-leadership-in-effort-to-preserve-the-paper-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/93701\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers call for new union leadership in effort to preserve the paper \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers are calling for new leadership at the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, weeks after the newspaper announced it would publish its final edition<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n

In a statement Thursday, most of the Post-Gazette\u2019s bargaining unit said they\u2019re seeking new elections in the union after it misrepresented \u201cour prevailing views for many years.\u201d <\/p>\n

Post-Gazette workers had begun returning to work<\/a> in November after a three-year-long strike<\/a> over contract issues. But on Jan. 7, the Post-Gazette\u2019s owner, Block Communications Inc., announced the 240-year-old newspaper would cease operations on May 3.<\/p>\n

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In Thursday\u2019s statement, Post-Gazette workers said the union members returning in November represented only a quarter of the roughly 100-person bargaining unit. The rest either resigned from the union and crossed the picket line in protest of the strike or joined the paper as new staffers. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Guild\u2019s effort was never as broadly supported as it claimed publicly,\u201d workers write.<\/p>\n

Workers call on the Communication Workers of America, NewsGuild and Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh to \u201crepresent our shared views promptly, fairly and legitimately\u201d as they work with Block Communications Inc. or potential new ownership to preserve the paper.<\/p>\n

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Workers say the Post-Gazette\u2019s loss would make Pittsburgh the largest city without a daily newspaper. Without the paper, they say, \u201cmany stories will simply go uncovered, and the community will suffer as a direct result.\u201d<\/p>\n

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