Newsletter: Boss faces contempt charges.

In five days, we’ll be in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette management will be on the defendant’s side of the courtroom. 

After 32 months on strike the company is facing two major issues: an enforcement order from the National Labor Relations Board and contempt charges from the NLRB for the company’s failure to follow a rare 10(e) injunction we won in March.

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Snopes workers announce intent to unionize, citing majority support

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2025
Contact: carrie@mediaguildwest.org

Employees of the oldest fact-checking organization on the internet, Snopes.com, announced their intent to form a union on June 30, 2025. 

The Snopes Guild seeks voluntary recognition from CEO Chris Richmond, CFO Drew Schoentrup, executive editor Doreen Marchionni and director of accounting Amber Marsowicz after 80% of eligible staffers — and counting — signed union cards authorizing representation by the Media Guild of the West. 

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