(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo is displayed on the newspaper’s Pittsburgh office Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers are now calling for new leadership at the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. This comes after the owner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Block Communications, Inc. announced on January 7th, 2026 that the 240-year-old newspaper would publish its final edition on May 3rd, 2026, which will permanently cease its operations. A statement today confirms that the “majority of the bargaining unit at the Post-Gazette” stated that it is seeking new elections in the union after it misrepresented “our prevailing views for many years.” Workers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had begun returning to work in November of 2025 after a strike that lasted three years over issues with their contracts and they express that the loss of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette would make Pittsburgh the biggest city that does not have a daily newspaper.