June 17, 2022
The Third Circuit's strikedown of decades-old precedent allowing "implied" provisions to outlive an employment contract's expiration handed a major win to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a long-simmering clash with its unions, but attorneys say both sides of the bargaining table will benefit from the opportunity to create clearer terms.
March 30, 2022
A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday threw out an earlier circuit ruling that had allowed for "implied" contracts that could survive the expiration of a written agreement, and refused to make the publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette arbitrate a grievance with unions for its printing press workers under their expired contract.