Ed Blazina passes out flyers on the Boulevard of the Allies during a strike action Oct. 24, at Point Park University. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
The newspaper workers’ second week on strike began with renewed zeal and new methods of getting the message out.
While Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members maintained a solid presence outside the Post-Gazette office on the North Shore, picketing during the second week also spread to a new location, Point Park University, and returned to the U.S. Steel Tower.
Outside of Pittsburgh, Gillian McGoldrick held her picket line at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg and Ashley Murray was joined by a crowd of Communications Workers of America and NewsGuild allies during her demonstration at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington.
Strikers engaged with the community by talking to passersby and handing out pamphlets outside a rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman on Wednesday on the North Shore.
Post-Gazette officials were invited to bargain Friday outside of the newsroom on the North Shore, but none came to the table.
Andrew Goldstein, second from left, talks with the media while picketing with Alex McCann, Matt Freed and Rich Keitel, a professor in the theater department at Point Park University, on the Boulevard of the Allies on Monday, Oct. 24, in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Melissa Tkach walks the crosswalk of the Boulevard of the Allies during a strike action Monday, Oct. 24, at Point Park University’s Village Park in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Bogey, 6, companion of Rich Keitel, a professor in the theater department at Point Park University joins the strike line Monday, Oct. 24, at the university’s Village Park in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
CWA and NewsGuild members join Ashley Murray’s picket line Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Evan Yeats/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Striking Post-Gazette Washington bureau chief Ashley Murray speaks to gathered union supporters on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Warnick/Pittsburgh Union Progress)CWA and NewsGuild members picket with striking Washington bureau chief Ashley Murray, center, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Warnick/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Striking Post-Gazette Harrisburg bureau chief Gillian McGoldrick pickets outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Harrisburg. (Laura Legere/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta greets strikers with Dunkin’ doughnuts and coffee on the North Shore Wednesday, Oct. 26. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Hannah Wyman hands out flyers and talks with people in line for the John Fetterman/Dave Matthews rally on the North Shore Wednesday, Oct. 26. (Pam Panchak/ Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Strikers endure a steady downpour on the line on the North Shore Wednesday, Oct. 26. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Union Progress)City Councilman Bobby Wilson, left, talks with Zack Tanner, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh president, as he visits the picket line in front of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette office Thursday, Oct. 27, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Tanisha Thomas talks to a passerby outside the U.S. Steel Tower on Thursday, Oct. 27, in Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Ed Blazina talks to a pedestrian outside the U.S. Steel Tower on Thursday, Oct. 27, in Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Diane Smith, with the Kent, Ohio, Record-Courier and NewsGuild of Northeast Ohio, joins Nolan Rosenkrans on Thursday, Oct. 27, on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Picketing continues with Brad Everett, left, and Joe Knupsky on the North Shore on Thursday, Oct. 27. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)From left, John Santa, Joe Knupsky, Zack Tanner and Rick Davis stand around what would be a bargaining table on Friday, Oct. 28, on the North Shore. Members of the company were invited but did not attend the bargaining session. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)Joe Knupsky tears a sign that reads “Blocks say lower take home pay” during a planned bargaining session on Friday, Oct. 28, on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
