> The looming May shutdown of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is the backdrop for news out of Washington Wednesday where the United States Supreme Court has ruled against the Post-Gazette’s publisher in its fight with union workers.
> The justices refused to block a federal appeals court order requiring the company to restore insurance that was offered under an expired labor contract.
> The ruling means the Post-Gazette must return health coverage to contract levels even as it ceases operation in May.
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> Closing the paper does not get the Blocks out from under the legal liabilities they incurred. The Nov. 10 U.S. 3rd Circuit Court ruling requires the company to pay back all bargaining unit employees for the costs the paper illegally passed onto them. That liability continues to accrue, and will not go away with the closure of the paper.
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> The looming May shutdown of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is the backdrop for news out of Washington Wednesday where the United States Supreme Court has ruled against the Post-Gazette’s publisher in its fight with union workers.
> The justices refused to block a federal appeals court order requiring the company to restore insurance that was offered under an expired labor contract.
> The ruling means the Post-Gazette must return health coverage to contract levels even as it ceases operation in May.
...
> Closing the paper does not get the Blocks out from under the legal liabilities they incurred. The Nov. 10 U.S. 3rd Circuit Court ruling requires the company to pay back all bargaining unit employees for the costs the paper illegally passed onto them. That liability continues to accrue, and will not go away with the closure of the paper.
This followed a 1,133-day-long strike that ended in November after the appeals court decision prior to the Supreme Court decision: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what-newsroom-organizers-l...