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We are the Toledo NewsGuild. Facebook: Toledo NewsGuild. Instagram: bladeguild. The Blade / @toledonews works because we do. ⚔️ 📰

 Toledo, Ohio
Joined January 2014
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Replying to @PGHGuild @ThePUPNews
We had some hopes for Venetoulis. But we didn’t wait on a savior. Our joint project, PAPER, has announced plans to launch a worker-and-community-owned daily outlet. It’s clear that we need to own our news together. Will you donate today to help claim it? ourpapernow.org/

PAPER | Pittsburgh Alliance for People-Empowered Reporting

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Everyone who regularly published in @thePUPNews, with one exception, was dismissed. The Institute got rid of all but one of our Local officers. That includes multiple members of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Tree of Life shooting.
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The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism has begun its ownership of the @PittsburghPG by cutting at least 40% of staff, and 80% of former strikers. It is sad, vindictive, and does not bode well for what we’ve fought and hoped for, including the success of the PG.
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Not even this U.S. Supreme Court was willing to bail the @pittsburghPG out of its violations of labor law. So we got ushered into a meeting, and shown a 2:30 recorded video announcing the paper will close 5/3. Our statement: pghguild.com/2026/01/07/pitt…

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper

The PG shuts down its 240-year-old paper after losing court battles over workers' rights. Discover the details behind this historic closure.

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BladeGuild ⚔️ retweeted
IGN Creators Guild@IGNUnion6 Feb 2024
✨Hey, Listen!✨ We are the IGN Creators Guild and today, we're uniting in solidarity as we strive for a stronger, more equitable @IGN. Support the #IGNCG by signing our petition: bit.ly/IGNCG-Petition @NewsGuild @CWAUnion
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Three years ago today, the @PittsburghPG unilaterally and illegally imposed working conditions on the @PGHGuild in a clear attempt to break our union. It didn't work. Now, we are closer than ever to getting justice for our members despite the PG's brazen efforts to crush us.
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📢 CALL TO ACTION: 📢 We at the @TimesUnionGuild are still fighting for a contract with Gannett after four years. Write a letter to Gannett CEO Mike Reed and tell him to support Florida Times-Union journalists: actionnetwork.org/letters/te…

Tell Gannett CEO Mike Reed to support Florida Times-Union reporters.

Gannett has gutted the historic Times-Union newsroom, but the journalists still there fight every day to bring you the news you need and share important stories of our diverse and unique community —...

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On the @PittsburghPG's assault of a striking worker at the South Side distribution center last night 👇 We'll have more info on how you all can support our hospitalized @Teamsters brother soon.
Page 1 of a press release about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's assault of a striking worker Saturday night.

ALT Page 1 of a press release about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's assault of a striking worker Saturday night.

Page 2 of a press release about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's assault of a striking worker Saturday night.

ALT Page 2 of a press release about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's assault of a striking worker Saturday night.

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We’re outside at @cspan asking this institution of journalism to remove @PittsburghPG’s Allan Block from its board of directors. He’s interfered in coverage around J6 and repeatedly violated labor laws.
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Striking is hard. And yet there’s been so much to celebrate the past several weeks, we found ourselves struggling to keep track. We had to check our notes, make a timeline, and – of course – a /thread on the state of our strike to share with you all.
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Us and our @PittsburghPG union siblings @CWADistrict213 & @Teamsters have been striking for 4+ months now — for each other, Pittsburgh, and news this community deserves. Today we're telling our story as we ask for your support. Please watch & visit UnionProgress.com/donate ✊
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It’s come to our attention that @PittsburghPG criticized our strike w/ what would be a $25k ad in Sunday's paper. Our members – united by a belief that this attack is no more than a distraction – have released the following joint statement: lol, stay mad unionprogress.com/donate/
Anti-union, "ad" published in the Sunday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including an image of an inflatable Scabby the Rat outside publisher John Robinson Block's wedding last fall.

ALT Anti-union, "ad" published in the Sunday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including an image of an inflatable Scabby the Rat outside publisher John Robinson Block's wedding last fall.

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BladeGuild ⚔️ retweeted
Jon Schleuss@gaufre1 Feb 2023
STRIKE UPDATE: More than 1,000 @newsguild members sent a letter to scabs at the Post-Gazette telling them they are "undermining the strike by crossing the picket line." unionprogress.com/2023/02/01…

1,000-plus NewsGuild-CWA members sign letter urging nonstriking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists...

More than 1,000 current and retired news media workers and others represented by the NewsGuild-CWA sent a letter Wednesday to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists who are crossing the picket line...

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In our latest update about the Pittsburgh news workers strike, our @alexrmccann writes about a letter sent to those who are crossing the picket line and still working: unionprogress.com/2023/02/01…
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BladeGuild ⚔️ retweeted
Jon Schleuss@gaufre28 Jan 2023
Big rally supporting striking Post-Gazette workers in downtown Pittsburgh! “Pittsburgh is a union town!” @PGHGuild @CWAUnion @Teamsters
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Toledo's been good to us. The Blocks had to scramble to their own board meeting and our union siblings @bladeguild & @4319_speaks welcomed us warmly. The Blocks can either meet our demands and put 110 people back to work at a total cost of $66k, or our fight only deepens ✊
Striking Post-Gazette workers stand outside the BCI board meeting in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday afternoon.

ALT Striking Post-Gazette workers stand outside the BCI board meeting in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday afternoon.

Striking Post-Gazette workers hold signs outside the BCI board meeting on Thursday afternoon in Toledo. One says "$66k ends this," another reads "Pittsburgh and Toledo won't back down" and a third states "Hey Allan, C-SPAN doesn't want you."

ALT Striking Post-Gazette workers hold signs outside the BCI board meeting on Thursday afternoon in Toledo. One says "$66k ends this," another reads "Pittsburgh and Toledo won't back down" and a third states "Hey Allan, C-SPAN doesn't want you."

A protest sign rests outside the BCI board meeting in Toledo, OH on Thursday afternoon.

ALT A protest sign rests outside the BCI board meeting in Toledo, OH on Thursday afternoon.

A CWA Convention poster sits inside the Toledo Blade Guild office.

ALT A CWA Convention poster sits inside the Toledo Blade Guild office.

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Are all the Blocks the same? Seems that way. Here's Diana Block blowing off striking workers who asked her if the company would be paying the $66,000.00 it would take to get 110 @PittsburghPG workers back to work. She was on her way to Block Communications Inc.'s board meeting.
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞@PGHGuild26 Jan 2023
Block Communications Inc.’s mistreatment of workers in PA, Ohio, & beyond threatens communities wherever they operate. That’s why us, our striking siblings @bladeguild & allies are protesting this afternoon outside the board of BCI — a company that recently netted $490 million.
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BladeGuild ⚔️ retweeted
Dan Papscun@papscun25 Jan 2023
EXCLUSIVE--NewsGuild President @gaufre sent a letter to DOJ antitrust division's Jonathan Kanter today, asking him to investigate the increasingly consolidating Pittsburgh news market. Latest @BLaw news.bloomberglaw.com/antitr…

NewsGuild Asks DOJ to Probe Block’s Pittsburgh City Paper Deal

The NewsGuild-CWA, the largest journalists’ union in the US, is asking the Justice Department’s antitrust division to look into Block Communications’ acquisition of the Pittsburgh City Paper, citing...

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The @PittsburghPG's owners continue to break labor law and our union siblings at @bladeguild are taking them to the mat for violating *their* contract to try and break our strike. It's one fight, and the Blocks seem determined to learn that lesson in the worst way.
Page 1 of a press release from the Toledo Blade Guild calling out their owners for violating labor law by publishing their work in the struck Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

ALT Page 1 of a press release from the Toledo Blade Guild calling out their owners for violating labor law by publishing their work in the struck Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Page 2 of a press release from the Toledo Blade Guild calling out their owners for violating labor law by publishing their work in the struck Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

ALT Page 2 of a press release from the Toledo Blade Guild calling out their owners for violating labor law by publishing their work in the struck Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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You all are already stepping up! We're more than $10,000 of the way to our $40,000 goal. But we got to get there by Feb. 1. Can you help us match and beat the @PittsburghPG's scab bonuses and raises? pghguild.com/donate-strike-f…
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