The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Wednesday night it has settled its long 18-month strike by Teamsters Local 211/205, a newspaper executive confirmed. Tracey DeAngelo, Post-Gazette president and general manager, confirmed the settlement through a spokesperson as she was returning from Toledo, Ohio, where Block Communications Inc., owner of the Pittsburgh newspaper,
HARRISBURG, Pa. By a 106-97 vote, the Pennsylvania State House voted on November 15 to grant jobless benefits to striking workers. Every House Democrat and four Republicans backed the legislation, while the rest of the Republicans opposed it.
When staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette walked off the job 100 days ago, they became the first newspaper to strike in decades. They ve already been followed by more.
WASHINGTON The forced Pittsburgh News Guild strike over labor law-breaking by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s rulers drew D.C. support from the Communications Workers and other unionists at a Capitol Hill demonstration October 25.