The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, which published four employees’ detailed accounts of the visit on its website, filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday and called for Block to be barred from the office.
The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette went to the newsroom Saturday night, subjected staff members to a long tirade and threatened employees’ jobs as his young daughter sobbed and begged him to stop, according to several journalists who were present.
The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette went to the newsroom Saturday night, subjected staff members to a long tirade and threatened employees’ jobs as his young daughter sobbed and begged him to stop, according to several journalists who were present.