匹兹堡报业工会向劳工关系委员会提控：指控《匹兹堡邮报》新东家歧视罢工员工
宾夕法尼亚州阿勒格尼县匹兹堡市的《匹兹堡邮报》劳资纠纷11月2日出现新进展：代表该报员工的匹兹堡报业工会已向美国国家劳工关系委员会提起指控，指控对象为今年春季从布洛克家族手中收购该报的非营利机构地方新闻维内图利斯研究所。工会于10月29日提交了这项指控。
据匹兹堡公共电台 WESA 报道，维内图利斯研究所收购时保留了约三分之二员工，并承诺承认工会；但工会指控，新东家在用人时冷落了此前罢工三年的工会成员，把招聘集中在已经越过纠察线的新闻编辑部员工身上，这可能违反禁止因工会活动歧视员工的劳动法。工会律师 Joe Pass 表示，未被录用的人中包括普利策奖得主，新东家在新合同谈判期间还单方面设定了医保、病假与岗位类别等条件。维内图利斯方面此前把这次收购称作「资产出售」，称其无须承接布洛克传播的合同；Pass 反驳称该报实质上是同一家机构，只是换了所有人，工会在法律上属承继者，原合同条款仍然有效。
此前的罢工正是因公司在谈判新合同时单方面修改与新闻编辑部员工的合同条款引发，工会称这一做法构成不公平劳动行为，联邦法院曾多次支持工会立场。国家劳工关系委员会接下来将调查此案，再决定是否发出正式投诉；若发出，案件将进入审理。维内图利斯研究所11月2日未回应 WESA 的置评请求。工会表示，其诉求是恢复罢工前的合同状态，并让罢工员工复职。
（来源：90.5 WESA）
Newspaper Guild Files Labor Charges Against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's New Owners
The labor dispute at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, took a new turn on November 2: the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, the nonprofit that bought the paper from the Block family this past spring. The Guild filed the charges on October 29.
According to Pittsburgh public radio station WESA, Venetoulis retained around two-thirds of the paper's staff at the acquisition and pledged to recognize the union, but the Guild alleges the new owner shunned union members who had been on strike for the previous three years and concentrated hiring among newsroom employees who had already crossed the picket line — a potential violation of labor laws barring discrimination for union activity. Guild lawyer Joe Pass said those not hired included Pulitzer Prize winners, and that during negotiations for a new contract the company unilaterally imposed its own conditions on healthcare, sick leave and job categories. Venetoulis has previously characterized the purchase as an "asset sale" not requiring it to assume Block Communications' contracts; Pass dismissed that, saying the paper is essentially the same organization under a different owner and that the Guild is a labor-law successor, so the prior contract terms remain binding.
The earlier strike was prompted by the company's move to change contract provisions while negotiating a new agreement, which the union argued was an unfair labor practice, a position federal courts repeatedly affirmed. The NLRB will now investigate the case and decide whether to issue a complaint; if it does, the case will go to trial. Venetoulis did not respond to WESA's request for comment on November 2. The Guild says it wants the contract's pre-strike status quo restored and the strikers' jobs back.
(Source: 90.5 WESA)
来源：90.5 WESA
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图片来源：图：《匹兹堡邮报》办公楼。Tony Webster 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette office building. By Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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