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timesuck t1_j69hv09 wrote

That’s strike rat.

It’s a rally to support Post Gazeete workers. They’ve been on strike now for 100 days.

Here’s a link to their strike fund for anyone interested in throwing a few bucks their way to help out.

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SultanOfSwat0123 t1_j6b1mbp wrote

It’s really only been 100 days? A buddy of mine works in their printing and I feel like I’ve been receiving nearly daily updates for about 6 months.

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TypicalWhiteGiant t1_j6dp1ve wrote

The printers have been on strike longer than the journalists- the journalists were doing a byline strike but then became a full blown strike when their brother and sister unions forced a vote on a company wide strike - at least that’s my understanding

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a-lala- t1_j6dkuw7 wrote

That link also includes a sign-up for their alternative paper, Pittsburgh Union Progress. It’s free and extremely helpful to them as a way of proving public support!

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handleytwynham t1_j6ag9yn wrote

I used to work at the Frick building I loved seeing who was striking each day.

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kittenshart85 t1_j6aezld wrote

oh, hey, i see a united electrical flag. my old union. <3

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JuliaX1984 t1_j69nd9m wrote

I know that's the mascot for the Post Gazette Union, but I don't understand:

A) Why? The name Scabby suggests the rat is a scab, so the bad guy, so do the boxing gloves mean he's the one the union is fighting? He's an effigy of the enemy like Guy Fawkes?

B) What "This rat's not for you" means or who it's addressed to.

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AirtimeAficionado t1_j69uc98 wrote

Scabby is supposed to be put up in front of the businesses/headquarters of places under a strike as a symbol of the company being anti-union, but Scabby is here, in front of City Hall— not the PG— just as a symbol of the union, so they added the “not,” because Scabby isn’t striking against the City, or at least that’s my read of the situation.

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JuliaX1984 t1_j69vfgj wrote

Thank you. Their reasoning makes no sense, but good to know it.

They need a mascot that represents them and phrases that are self-evident.

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AirtimeAficionado t1_j69ze53 wrote

Yeah, it is confusing with Scabby serving the role of being the evil corporation as well as being a character of the union, they definitely should create a new character, perhaps a sentient newspaper (think Clippy) haha

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mattmentecky t1_j6b3n38 wrote

I take it to mean “a scab worker is not on your side”. They planned to take the rat to John Block’s wedding which would be a weird place to say the rat isn’t striking against them. Plus an exclamation mark makes more sense staking a position rather than notifying people that a message isn’t directed at them.

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Sunfish-Studio t1_j6ab73r wrote

Wow I was way off base. My first guess was animal testing protests

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TheMountainHobbit t1_j6d9bro wrote

I believe the rat is called scabbie, and represents scabs, ie union busters.

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[deleted] t1_j6bxma8 wrote

Who's the statue?

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saltedkumihimo t1_j6ctjgj wrote

Mayor Caliguiri

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KentuckYSnow t1_j6bk5en wrote

All I know is that if I see dozens of blue collar looking white people congregating on the sidewalk, I cross the street and ignore whatever they're saying. Come to think of it, if I see dozens of anybody doing that, I do the same thing.

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