Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Must Halt Layoff Plan and Arbitrate (1)

The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may not implement its plan to imminently lay off 30 unionized employees, strip 40 of health insurance, and change work schedules for dozens more, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled Nov. 27.

Federal courts have the authority to preserve the status quo to protect parties’ rights to arbitrate labor disputes, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania said.

Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan issued a preliminary injunction to stop the changes at the request of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 211. The union’s collective bargaining agreement with PG Publishing ...