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Some Maine voters in yesterdays midterm election rejected Portlands "Question D," which would have increased the citys minimum wage from $12.75 an hour to $18 an hour by 2025. Employers would also have no longer been allowed to pay tipped workers the sub-minimum wage of $6.38, with tips bringing them up to the current minimum wage. Joe Lazzerini, northeast campaign director with One Fair Wage Maine, said workers deserve better. ...

Election Day is busy at most news outlets, but some employees of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette are picketing today, still on strike for what they consider unfair labor practices of the newspapers parent company. Some workers have been off the job since Oct. 6; others since Oct. ...

Newsroom employees of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette went on strike Tuesday.

A photo essay of striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists who are promising to publish a "strike publication" in the near future.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists began an unfair labor practice strike on Tuesday after the paper’s management refused to meet union demands.

Newsroom workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, represented by the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, went on strike at noon Tuesday. The Guild said workers voted Monday to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against the company. The union sent a notice to Post-Gazette management demanding that the company “end its illegally

Journalists and content creators at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are preparing to strike, joining more than 60 workers in other sections of the company.

They join the paper’s advertising, design, production and distribution staff who are already on strike

The Newspaper Guild said it has been in negotiations for a contract with Post-Gazette management since 2017.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike more than a week ago after losing their health care coverage are calling on people to pull their print and online subscriptions to the newspaper to show support for the striking workers. The workers urged businesses and organizations to pull their advertisements from