Press Releases

The show, which explores the state of labor unions in the Pittsburgh area and features union leaders from across the community, kicked off on Sunday, March 19, with an inside look at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers’ strike.

Telecom giant agrees to settle with Seattle-based worker Jesse Mason, who Verizon Wireless illegally fired in April 2022 for union organizing. Settlement serves a major victory for workers, who are continuing to succeed despite company’s aggressive attempts at union-busting.

A majority of workers at eBay-owned TCGPlayer won their union election on Friday, March 10 and will be represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1123. TCGPlayer is one of the largest online marketplaces for verification services, card games, comics, and collectible trading cards. It was acquired by eBay in November 2022. The workers, known as TCGUnion-CWA, are the first group of eBay workers to win union representation in the U.S.

CWA member Autumn Mitchell, a Quality Assurance tester from Microsoft’s Zenimax studio, participated in a White House roundtable today hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

Gigi Sohn’s withdrawal of her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission is a major loss for workers, consumers, and anyone who cares about holding big corporations accountable and preserving our democracy by protecting local journalism.