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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Statement from the Toledo NewsGuild on Block Communications' decision to cease operations of The Blade.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Our statement on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sale:

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Get a shirt to support local journalism via Jupmode and the Press Club of Toledo! Despite our management's latests efforts to slash costs as we move from our historical building, we're here for good. toledopressclub.com/2026/03/pres...

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Press Club of Toledo is Here for Good | Press Club of Toledo

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Thank you to all who showed up to give our building the sendoff it deserves after serving us for 99 years!

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

For nearly — but not quite — one hundred years, N. Superior St. housed generations of Blade employees. Let’s give her the send off she deserves.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

On Wednesday, March 11, at 5 p.m., the Toledo NewsGuild invites you to a celebration of life for our dearly departed building. After, we'll head to Earnest Brew Works on Central to commiserate over the preventable and foreseeable death of one of Toledo’s most iconic buildings.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It's about time that the company took the safety concerns of its employees seriously. Tragically, the company allowed a building of such historical significance to Toledo to fall into extreme disrepair.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The Toledo NewsGuild issues the following statement in response and fully supports colleagues in Pittsburgh, both at the Post-Gazette and the recently shuttered City Paper, also owned by BCI:

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Block Communications, the parent company of The Blade in Toledo whose employees are represented by NewsGuild/CWA Local 34043, announced Wednesday the closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after a string of court rulings that shot down BCI's unfair labor practices in Pittsburgh.

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 07/01/2026

NEW: Post-Gazette to shut down 240-year-old paper after SCOTUS slaps down company’s bid to evade court order “Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

Post-Gazette to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company’s Bid to Evade Court Order.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Huge victory for our union siblings in Pittsburgh after three years on strike! We're cheering for you from Toledo, and are inspired by your fortitude against the union-busting tactics of the Blocks. It makes us more determined in holding the Blocks accountable in our community.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Great being able to get together as a union late last week to watch The Paper, which is set at a fictional newspaper in Toledo. The Blade was scouted by folks behind the show early on in their research process.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Happy Labor Day from the Toledo NewsGuild! We had a great time taking part in the parade today with the other unions that keep Toledo going in all kinds of industries.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We wonder if wannabe union-busting managing editor Mike Brice congratulated his firefighter son on the well-deserved contract win.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Congratulations to the Toledo Firefighters Local 92 their new contract last month. Toledo is better with union workers getting respect and dignity at work, and we're safer with union firefighters.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Great food and camaraderie at our guild picnic yesterday at Glass City Metropark!

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We’re thrilled about The Paper! We noticed though that while the show’s writers had visited our newsroom for research, they missed a detail. The office in the promotional is clearly loosely based on ours. It’s missing the dingy feel and leaky ceiling that we’re familiar with.

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📢 Call to action! Here’s a simple way to let all the BCI board members know that their union-busting tactics against our striking union siblings @pghguild.com is failing the company & wasting time/money. Send a pre-written letter or write your own! actionnetwork.org/letters/dear...

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Dear BCI Board, The strikers are winning. You can cut your losses now.

The Post-Gazette's parent company, Block Communications Inc. (BCI) is overseen by nine members of its board of directors. Many of them are Block family members, but not all. Some — but not enough of t...

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Great news out of Pittsburgh! We are well acquainted with the unreal levels of disrespect shown by the Blocks. We’re eager to ramp up our fight to win the respect we all deserve. ✊

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The full letter is included below:

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BladeGuild @bladeguild.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We have joined more than 40 organizations, including fellow @newsguild.org locals, in signing a @spj-posts.bsky.social-led letter condemning an ongoing campaign of intimidation and attacks by the government on the free press. www.spj.org/spj-leads-ov...

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SPJ leads over 40 groups in joint statement condemning recent government press attacks

Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909

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