Journalists and other workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been on strike for over 9 months. The strike started after the paper's owners effectively cut Post-Gazette production, distribution, and advertising workers off from their healthcare plan by refusing to pay a $19-a-week premium increase and letting workers deduct those increases from their own paychecks. There are currently over 100 workers across all departments of the newspaper and five unions on strike.
One of those owners, Allan Block, who also serves on the board of C-SPAN, is a notorious election-denier. He has supported the January 6 insurrection and attempted to sway reporting to be pro-Trump.
Donations to the Pittsburgh Striker Fund will be used exclusively to assist striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette families with special needs who are facing very difficult financial circumstances.