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Teachers in the Penn-Trafford School District, working without a contract since June, hit the picket lines Monday after months of contract negotiations. The teachers are among the lowest-paid in their area and their healthcare costs are among the highest.

Under current state law, teachers are permitted to strike for 26 days. If the strike is not resolved, school would remain closed until Thanksgiving.

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On September 27th, concerned community members packed into a courtroom at the Allegheny County Jail-Courthouse building in Downtown Pittsburgh. They were in attendance to show support for four people who were arrested during the August 20th Counter-Recruitment demonstration.

The police violence on August 20th is well documented and Pittsburgh Police has come under increased scrutiny for it.  This hearing, however, focused on violence allegedly committed by protesters.  One observer referred to the hearing as a "trumped up show hearing" and points out that the testimony offered on the 27th ranges from the inaccurate to the contradictory.

Pittsburgh Organizing Group, which has been an organizer of counter recruitment activities in the city, has issued an update on the situation.

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On Saturday, August 27, the Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) held a non-violent picket at Oakland's military recruiting station, the site of last week's police assault in which the police Tasered two demonstrators and a 68-year old woman was bitten by a police dog. By noon, about 100 people lined the sidewalk on Forbes between Atwood St. and Oakland Ave. There was a sizeable presence of police in the vicinity -- including Pittsburgh Police Chief McNeilly -- but unlike last week, the police did not attack the crowd and the protest ended without incident.

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