Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Workers Strike

(WPXI) – If you didn’t get your Pittsburgh Post-Gazette delivered to your home Thursday morning, that’s because workers from multiple unions walked off the job early Thursday. These employees include mailers and typographers represented by the Communications Workers of America along with members of the Teamsters and Pressmen’s Union. The employees – who are protesting outside of their production building in Clinton, decided to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. A release from the Communications Workers of America said in part, “The workers, who are responsible for designing, printing, distributing, advertising sales and accounts receivables at the newspaper, have been working without a collective bargaining agreement since March 2017. Despite extensive negotiations, Post-Gazette management has refused to engage in good faith bargaining, and the workers have not had a pay raise in 16 years.” The Post-Gazette also eliminated the employees’ health insurance this past weekend, according to the CWA. “The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has offered the unions several options that would ensure the continuation of the affected union employees’ healthcare. One of these proposals included a 9% wage increase and enrollment in the company’s healthcare plan, which currently covers 2,600 Block Communications employees, including several unions, company executives and staff at the PG.”