After over 100 days on strike, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh celebrates a favorable decision and presses the Department of Justice to investigate the purchase of Pittsburgh City Paper by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ownership.
A judge ruled Thursday that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette violated federal law by bargaining in bad faith with its journalists union and unilaterally implementing working conditions after breaking off negotiations for a new contract. Judge Geoffrey Carter of the National Labor Relations Board ordered the Post-Gazette to end the impasse it