One year on strike: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists are frustrated but remain resolute

Striking journalists at the Post-Gazette marked the one-year anniversary of their work stoppage Wednesday. It is a surreal milestone, workers said, that many did not think would come to pass. Despite their commitment to the strike, progress remains elusive as negotiations stall at the bargaining table. A court order is likely the only thing that can end the strike, some said.

Unionized journalists walked off the job on Oct. 18, 2022, roughly two weeks after four other Post-Gazette unions started their own strike in protest of the company’s decision to terminate their members’ health insurance. The union representing the journalists, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, made three demands: reinstate health care coverage to their colleagues, restore the guild’s old contract from 2017, and start bargaining in good faith for a new contract.

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