The people who write, photograph, and sell ads for this website have been on strike from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since October 2022. We are simply demanding the PG provide affordable health care and follow labor law. Subscribe to get our newsletter and help us win. Let us know what you’d like to see in the […]| 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
