• by Ray Schultz , July 10, 2025

The 33-month strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may be closer to resolution following a contentious hearing on Monday. 

Both sides have agreed to mediation, and a judge will be assigned to hear the case by the chief circuit court mediator, according to the Post-Gazette. 

Despite that seeming agreement, the Post-Gazette reported that the hearing “exposing little common ground between the two parties.”

The union agreed with that, but put a different light on it. 

“Yesterday Post-Gazette management showed up unprepared and once again asked to be rewarded for its delay tactics,” said Jon Schleuss, international president of The NewsGuild-CWA. “Our members deserve swift justice and PG bosses need to face the consequences of their illegal behavior now.”

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issue an injunction in March requiring that the company rescind changes to its employee health insurance plan made in 2020, the Post-Gazette continued.

According to the union, the National Labor Relations Board filed a motion with the Third Circuit, asking it to hold PG Publishing, publisher of the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, in contempt for refusing to comply with that injunction. 

Union editorial workers have been on strike since Oct. 18, 2022.