Weeks into their strike, union workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette assembled today outside Publisher John Block's Shadyside home.
They say this personal expression of condemnation is necessary to get their message across.
"The Post-Gazette workers want John Block to know that him and his brother Allan can't ignore us anymore," News Guild President Zack Tanner tells Pittsburgh City Paper. "We have very simple demands: get our contract back and bargain in good faith, and if they refuse to do that we'll make sure they hear our demands louder."
The strike began more than two weeks ago, after union members lost their health coverage by declining a new coverage proposal that would significantly raise their premiums. Journalists in the News Guild — who have been without a negotiated contract since 2017 — joined their efforts this week in show of support and to bring attention to their own unfair labor claims.
A request for comment from Block or the newspaper were not immediately returned.
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Ed Blazina, first vice president of Newspaper Guild, yells and chants with Post-Gazette workers outside Publisher John Block’s home on Oct. 22nd in the Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood.
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A letter, signed by PG workers and supporters, taped to the door of PG Publisher John Block’s home.
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Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild-CWA, joins the strikers outside the Block home.
