What: NewsGuild of New York, News Media Guild, and IAPE Local 1096 holding a support call for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike and hears from striking workers on the picket line what it's like to go on strike.

Where: on Zoom, RSVP: bit.ly/pittsburgh-on-strike

When: November 3, 2022 from 6-7 PM ET

What does it mean to go on strike? How do you prepare to walk off the job? What do you actually do day-to-day on the picket line? Join us on Thursday, November 3, 2022 from 6-7 PM ET to hear directly from our union siblings at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, who are on a ULP strike right now against one of the most notoriously anti-union publishers in the country. These workers have been denied raises for 14 years, saw their healthcare benefits slashed, and have been at the bargaining table since 2017 with no end in sight.

The Block family, which owns the Gazette, is refusing to bargain in good faith and has created a hostile work environment forcing long-time journalists to leave the company. We know they have the money—they're spending millions on a union-busting firm instead of paying their employees fair wages.

The Pittsburgh Guild’s fight is our fight, and we stand with them. Their strike represents the first prolonged strike in the NewsGuild in decades, and as media owners become more and more shamelessly aggressive in their efforts to quash workers’ rights, the PGH Guild's fight is increasingly relevant for our own units here in New York. At the end of the event, we'll take a zoom photo together to demonstrate our solidarity with the striking members of the PGH Guild.