Photo of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strikers at the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade
Striking Post-Gazette workers finished Pittsburgh's annual Labor Day parade with chants and cheers on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)

NewsGuild members celebrate Labor Day

NewsGuild-CWA members across North America celebrated Labor Day, spelled Labour in Canada, in parades in several major cities.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette striker Steve Mellon shot several photos below and published them on the strike publication the Pittsburgh Union Progress.

James “Hutchie” VanLandingham greets U.S. Rep. Summer Lee at parade’s end. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su greets workers.during Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day parade on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Striking Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members John Santa, center, and Andrew Goldstein play catch with Santa’s son, Jack, on Crawford Street before the parade stepped off. (Karen Carlin/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Striking members of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and supporters gather in front of the old PG building on the Boulevard of the Allies. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)

See more photos at the Pittsburgh Union Progress

Members of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild marched in the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade in Buffalo. (Buffalo Newspaper Guild)
TVO members at the Ontario public broadcasters led Toronto’s Labour Day Parade Monday and posed with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow (TVO CMG)
TVO members marching into the Toronto Labour Day parade (Liane Kotler)
TVO members pose while marching into the Toronto Labour Day parade (Liane Kotler)