You’ve been with us for the past two-plus years. You’ve stood with us on the picket line. You’ve cheered us at rallies. Now, we, the striking workers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, while continuing to strike, are looking forward to returning to work on the other side of some federal court action that would compel the company to meet our longstanding demands. We’re eager to get back to what we’ve always wanted to do: Serve our community with honest, ethical journalism and give you the newspaper you deserve.

Our fight isn’t done. And neither is yours. You’ve signed our strike solidarity pledge and canceled your subscriptions. Organizations across Western Pennsylvania promised not to engage with the newspaper, declining interviews and removing it from email distribution lists.

Now, we’re asking you to stand with us and resume your support for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette when we win the strike and return to work.

The Post-Gazette deserves your support if — and only if — the company acts in good faith with its unions. That’s why we’re asking you to urge the Post-Gazette to live up to its responsibilities to its employees, and possibly start to earn back the public’s trust.

We are NOT going back to work yet! We will make it very clear when we are.

In that spirit, here’s what we are asking of you, our supporters:

• Prepare to resume your readership and subscription to the Post-Gazette when we win and return to work. We want this paper as strong as it can be.

• Speak out against any retaliation against workers, delay tactics by management or any bad faith negotiating

• Continue to follow our campaign closely as workers return to work. We know our fight, together, continues.

Demand that the Post-Gazette bargain a fair contract and start rebuilding a paper that the community can trust.

Here’s what that looks like:

• Dedicated local coverage that holds those in power accountable and to build connections in our neighborhoods

• Health care and wages that support strong local journalism in Pittsburgh

• Respect for workers’ community expertise and values in the editorial decision-making process

Together, we can make the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette the newspaper that Western Pennsylvania deserves.

In solidarity,

The supporters of the striking workers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette