Posted on 02/18/2023 4:58:40 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Friday filed a complaint seeking a court injunction to stop union members from trespassing at a South Side newspaper distribution center, two days after asking the court to force Mayor Ed Gainey and police officials to uphold the state’s trespassing law.
Since a strike by the unions began in October, the complaint said the Gateway View Plaza depot on West Carson Street has been the scene of confrontations between striking Post-Gazette union members and independent contractors, examples of which were detailed with pictures of punctured tires and broken car and door windows in the complaint.
The petition for a permanent injunction filed Friday in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas said attorney Joseph J. Pass, who represents the unions, was among those blocking access to the distribution center late Dec. 3. “Mr. Pass also physically struck a vehicle with an object as the vehicle was attempting to leave the Gateway facility,” according to the injunction request.
Mr. Pass was unavailable for comment late Friday.
The complaint also names the Pressmen, Mailers, Teamsters, Typographical and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh unions and five union leaders as defendants.
During a bargaining session with members of four of the Post-Gazette’s five unions on Friday, the company was informed that union members intended to be at the Gateway View Plaza depot this weekend “and continue trespassing in the future,” according to the complaint.
In the one-count civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against the mayor and police officials, the company said police officers called to the facility had told employees the problem was a dispute between the company and its employees, not something that was a police matter.
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1. Hire private security. They have police powers to arrest trespassers and book them into jail.
2. Build a temporary rent-a-wall with controlled, guarded access.
3. Hire the Pinkerton Agency
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