Looking to support the striking workers and get a strike solidarity shirt at the same time? Head to pghguild.com/shirt to order yours. Individuals and groups may donate directly, below, to the Pittsburgh Striker Fund, used exclusively to assist striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette families with special needs. If you prefer to send a check, make it out […]| Pittsburgh Union Progress
Bill McGuigan had no idea when he went to work as an equipment operator for the Pennsylvania Turnpike in June 2014 that he was about to become a key figure in the agency’s safety history. Shortly after 8 a.m. that day, McGuigan, 61, was killed when a speeding tractor-trailer driver veered into the closed lane […]| Pittsburgh Union Progress
Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.| Pittsburgh Union Progress
State Senate Democrats came to Pittsburgh Tuesday looking for more ammunition to push their Republican colleagues to allocate more money for public transit. They left a two-hour hearing at the Union Trust Building in Downtown Pittsburgh with stories about how bad proposed transit cuts would be for workers, the sick and the elderly, how much […]| Pittsburgh Union Progress
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed increase of $1.41 billion in transit subsidies over five years would mean more than $200 million a year extra for the state’s largest transit agencies, Pittsburgh Regional Transit and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority around Philadelphia. Those agencies carry millions of passengers a year and get 87% of the state’s transit […]| Pittsburgh Union Progress
