Newspaper Workers Union Labels Vance A “Scab”

The Huffington Post reports:

Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) crossed a virtual picket line by publishing an opinion piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday, according to the union whose workers are on strike at the newspaper.

Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild-CWA, told HuffPost that there was no excuse for Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, not to be aware of the strike that just entered its third year. “JD Vance is a scab just like anybody else who crosses a picket line.”

Early Thursday, the Post-Gazette ran a piece under Vance’s byline entitled “Kamala Harris’ prejudice against Catholics,” in which he criticized the Democratic nominee for skipping the Al Smith dinner last week to campaign.

Read the full article.

The piece (which I’m not linking to) accuses Harris of “bigotry toward Catholics” and criticizes her for skipping the Al Smith dinner last week. It says “special to the Post-Gazette” beneath Vance’s byline.

PPG picket line applies not just to journalists but contributors as well

— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) October 24, 2024

“Don’t go into work for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, don’t click on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, don’t share articles from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,” says @gaufre https://t.co/jCQUCCB009

— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) October 24, 2024