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The Block Communications, Inc. board of directors ousted Allan Block as chairman and chief executive officer Monday, 12 days after he sued the company to ...

The board of directors removed him on May 20 after he sued the company to try and stop its potential sale.

In a culmination of nearly two years of betrayals, the Teamsters union called off the 18-month strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. None of their striking members got their jobs back, and the Teamsters agreed to dissolve the local union.

If granted by a judge, the injunction would be a major boost to the newspaper’s workers who’ve been on strike for 18 months.

A last minute donation by a local car dealership put the final total into record territory.

Mayor Ed Gainey has a host of policy goals and ambitions for the remainder of his first term, but underpinning many of them is a simple message: "Diversity is good."

A year into a tumultuous strike, negotiations between journalists and workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and management remain at a standstill. Journalists are tired and frustrated, management isn’t budging, and no date is set for a looming decision on a labor ruling that could change the course of the lengthy

The Toledo NewsGuild is negotiating for higher wages, the continuation of current health care coverage, and protections for certain jobs so they can’t be outsourced to freelancers.

Experts say that — despite a National Labor Relations Board ruling — the paper’s owners could benefit from prolonging the work stoppage even further.

Union members say a contractor hired to distribute newspapers during the strike assaulted two union members early Sunday morning.