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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Owners Couldn’t Bust the Union, So They Shut Down the Paper
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 Jan. 8, 2026 | UNION BUSTERS | After years of wasting millions of dollars losing court battles in attempts to deny their workers’ basic rights, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG) announced on Wednesday afternoon that it would be closing on May 3. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the company’s request to stay a U.S. 3rd Circuit Court order requiring the PG to reinstate a contractual health care plan it had previously agreed to prior to illegally tearing it up in 2020. The announcement follows the newspaper publisher losing a nearly decade-long attempt to bust unions at the paper. In July of 2020, the Post-Gazette unilaterally imposed work rules that worsened health care coverage and other benefits. Workers went on strike… The News-Guild
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