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The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Local 61 Pittsburgh Newswriters Union No. 1

The Newspaper Guild (TNG)

“The chartering of newswriters’ locals began in 1891, when fifteen newswriters in Pittsburgh organized, and on October 13, 1891, they obtained a charter from the International Typographical Union (ITU) as Pittsburgh Newswriters Union No. 1.”

Source:  Labor Unions, Gary M. Fink, ed. in chief, (Westport, CT and London,1977).