Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where we are wrapping up a week of filming our documentary, Marielle Vive, and need your support to pay for parental leave back in Pittsburgh.
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$390 Short of Funding Paid Parental Leave to Comply with New Pittsburgh Law
When we launched our paid parental leave back in September, we initially thought we would need 10 weeks of paid parental leave. Now, a new Pittsburgh law is requiring 12 weeks.
Our multimedia editor is requesting 12 now as a result. Technically, Payday is not required to abide by the new law, but we think it’s the right thing to do. Pass the hat and donate if you can.
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Spain’s First General Strike in 14 Years
Today, workers in Spain are going out on their first General Strike in 14 years. The strike comes just weeks before Spain’s election on November 29th.
The strike has widespread participation. According to GT and CCOO, the two main labor federations that called the strike, it has garnered “90% in the automotive and port sectors, 85% in the meat industry, 82% in waste collection, and 75% in the energy sector.”
The average rent in Spain has doubled over the past 10 years and rising rents have united workers in unprecedented ways.
"We won't stop until we transform this country's housing model from top to bottom so that houses are for living instead of being at the service of the rentier minority," said Aliciadel Rio, spokesperson for the Madrid Tenants' Union, as the strike began at midnight.
For more, check out France 24.
Paraguay Teachers Strike Over Pension Funds in Ueno Bank Collapse
Earlier this month, digital online bank ueno collapsed in the largest bank collapse in Paraguayan history. The bank’s collapse led to the resignation of Paraguay's president Santiago Peña.
More than 3 million people were frozen out of their bank accounts as a result of ueno’s collapse.
“We want the return of that money to be a priority,” Silvio Piris, the president of the Federation of Paraguayan Educators told Paraguay’s Channel 9.
Argentinian Air Controller Strike Cancels Hundreds of Fights
In Argentina, hundreds of air traffic controllers went on strike yesterday, canceling flights throughout the country and stranding tens of thousands of passengers.
The strike comes as Milei has refused to negotiate with Argentina's air traffic controller union for more than a year.
For more, check out Latin Times.
Charlotte Airport Workers Walk Out After Ten-Year Lease Approved
Back in the United States, Charlotte airport workers walked out after Charlotte City Council approved a 10.5 year lease for the Charlotte Douglas Airport. Unions are upset that the lease terms did not require the businesses covered by the lease to pay at least $15-an-hour.
“These workers are making $12.50 an hour,” Shenique Pharr told Spectrum 1 News. “They literally push the passengers, keep traveling minors safe and yet they struggle to afford basic necessities.”
For more, check out Spectrum 1 News.
Can LA Hospital Workers Use Their Union Contract to Keep ICE in Check?
Finally, LA Public Press has a look at how hospital workers in LA could use their union contract to fight back against ICE:
After ICE agents were allowed into the patient area at a UCLA hospital without a judicial warrant in June 2025, a hospital workers’ union protested and demanded policy changes from hospital leaders, including ensuring that a patient’s immigration status won’t be unlawfully disclosed.
Waheed said if medical workers’ contracts require hospitals to provide necessary protections for patients and staff when ICE is present, and they don’t do so, it can create an “unfair labor practice” under federal law and allow workers to take action, including going on strike.
“To put ICE’s presence as a possible trigger for an unfair labor practice empowers workers to be able to walk off the job,” Waheed said.
For more, check out the LA Public Press.
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