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In a plea to the public, union representatives called out to readers and to advertisers

Employees represented by the Communications Workers of America and other staff are on strike following the expiration of their health insurance coverage on Oct. 1.

The union for Argentine public transport workers has set a strike for October 12 and 13, while teachers in Ecuador staged a protest October 6 against a new education law being advanced by the country’s right-wing president, Guillermo Lasso.

Production, advertising and distribution workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have gone on strike.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers say they will walk off the job at midnight in protest of lapsed health care coverage amid ongoing labor tensions.

Workers with the Communications Workers of America, responsible for designing, printing and distributing the paper, are on the picket line this morning.

Roughly 80 staff members are on strike after losing their health coverage. Journalists at the paper are holding a byline strike in solidarity.

Members of CWA Locals 14842 and 14827 who work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette went on strike last night in response to unfair labor practices by management, including unilateral changes to their health care plan.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette employees who are members of the Communications Workers of America Locals 14842 and 14827, Teamsters Local 205/211 and Pressmen’s Union Local 24M/9N went on strike at midnight Thursday morning in response to what they view as unfair labor practices by Post-Gazette management. Those workers say they have been

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers and management are preparing to face off during a labor board hearing tasked with resolving years of internal conflict at the city’s newspaper of record.