ALT PITTSBURGH — On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s request to have every judge on the circuit reconsider a November 2025 ruling from a panel of the same court that enforced a National Labor Relations Board order directing the PG to restore the entire collective bargaining agreement that it illegally tore up in July 2020. That includes restoration of paid time off, banked sick days, some workers’ wages, health care and the right to arbitrate discipline, among other issues. The ruling also means the PG has to pay back every bargaining unit member — strikers and non-strikers alike — for the costs it has illegally passed onto them for the last five-and-a-half years. That liability continues to accrue until the Post-Gazette restores the previous, contractually bargained terms.

ALT “The millionaire owners of the Post-Gazette have burned countless dollars trying to destroy our union and destroy a 240-year-old institution in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania,” said NewsGuild-CWA Jon Schleuss. “The company could have settled for far less than they spent on fighting journalists and breaking federal law. We’ll continue to fight for journalists in Pittsburgh and look to the future while at the same time considering all legal options to hold the company to account and compel them to follow the law.” Editorial workers at the Post-Gazette — members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh (TNG-CWA Local 38061) — went out on strike on Oct. 18, 2022, demanding the company restore the terms of the entire collective bargaining agreement (CBA) it illegally discarded, including dignified health care. On Nov. 10, 2025, in addition to updating its March injunction regarding health care, the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the company to restore all the requested terms of the previous...

ALT "Having lost previous decisions in a January 2023 administrative law judge ruling, in front of the National Labor Relations Board in September 2024, a 3rd Circuit Court panel in March 2025, as well as a second 3rd Circuit panel on Nov. 10, 2025, the Post-Gazette appealed back to the 3rd Circuit Court twice more, was denied both times, and was already facing the prospect of contempt of court proceedings in December of 2025. “We had to sacrifice a lot to get this amount of justice. This country and its ruling class have always relentlessly attacked workers. They only ever back off when we fight back,” said Erin Hebert, copy editor and first vice president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. “Everyone who has to struggle and work to survive, whether they’re a union member yet or not, should strongly consider if we want to keep having that fight in the courts, or in an arena where their lawyers can’t buy them time.”"