U.S. Supreme Court Hands Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Temporary Victory in Strike Case

Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Ruling Against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Labor Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 22 temporarily halted a lower court ruling requiring the company that owns the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to change its health insurance coverage for unionized employees. Justice Samuel Alito issued an administrative stay of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit injunction in the case of PG Publishing Co., Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board. Alito, who did not provide reasons for his ruling, was acting upo…

U.S. Supreme Court hands Pittsburgh Post-Gazette temporary victory in strike case

The Supreme Court granted the Post-Gazette's emergency stay of the 3rd Circuit injunction ordering the newspaper to restore the status quo and resume bargaining. Whether the union workers go back on strike in response to this development remains to be seen, but for now they have returned to work.