POLICING THE PICKETS

STRIKING WORKERS at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last week claimed city police showed aggression on the picket lines as their walk-out reached the 6-month mark last week.

“About 25 @PghPolice came down to break the @PittsburghPG strike picket line tonight outside the company’s distribution center at 1600 W Carson St. One officer batoned a woman to the ground as the truck drove thru,” the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh wrote in an April 24 Twitter statement.

The Post-Gazette meanwhile gave a statement to WPXI claiming strikers were attempting to block distribution drivers from leaving the company’s South Side facility.

The police issued a statement saying the department is reviewing its video footage before taking any additional steps.

Workers at the Post-Gazette have been on strike since last fall, when the company reduced its health benefits package for multiple labor units. Negotiations have so far yielded little. In January, the National Labor Relations Board ruled against the company in unfair labor claims filed before the strike.