The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reportedly slashing staff as it begins operations under new ownership.
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism announced last month that it was acquiring the Post-Gazette from longtime owners Block Communications.
And now, according to the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, at least 40 percent of newsroom workers are losing their jobs and 80 percent of employees who had gone on strike did not receive an offer to be retained.
Union workers for the newspaper call the staff cuts "severe".
“The people who held power to account, the people who fought back against one of the most lawless union-busting operations in the country are precisely who the PG’s new owners prioritized discarding,” said Andrew Goldstein, Post-Gazette education reporter and president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.
