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Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
A lot of emotion in the @pghguild.com newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists: www.unionprogress.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A lot of emotion in the @pghguild.com newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists: www.unionprogress.com
Follow along as the @pghguild.com strike paper's @johnnysantapup.bsky.social covers college 🏈 and Brad and Steve work all day this championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social. Meanwhile here are the PIAA playoffs results, and the Mon Incline is open for Light Up Night: www.unionprogress.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Follow along as the @pghguild.com strike paper's @johnnysantapup.bsky.social covers college 🏈 and Brad and Steve work all day this championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social. Meanwhile here are the PIAA playoffs results, and the Mon Incline is open for Light Up Night: www.unionprogress.com
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"Facing Unprecedented Labor violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely"
Now that's what we call a headline! 🤭 #NoContractNoCoffee
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Now that's what we call a headline! 🤭 #NoContractNoCoffee
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Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely
Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.
inthesetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Facing Unprecedented Labor violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely"
Now that's what we call a headline! 🤭 #NoContractNoCoffee
inthesetimes.com/article/star...
Now that's what we call a headline! 🤭 #NoContractNoCoffee
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“The Librarians is ultimately a warning. It shows how quickly a political movement, convinced of its own righteousness, can begin using public institutions—libraries, school boards, and entire school systems—to silence dissent and impose its worldview on the next generation.”
The Librarians: A Documentary That Refuses to Look Away
Why This Film Matters More Than Its Marketing Suggests
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November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“The Librarians is ultimately a warning. It shows how quickly a political movement, convinced of its own righteousness, can begin using public institutions—libraries, school boards, and entire school systems—to silence dissent and impose its worldview on the next generation.”
The Friday @pghguild.com strike paper gets you ready for championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social; reports on the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel reopening and the United Way IMPACT Awards, and shares a SNAP update from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership's Erin Yudt: www.unionprogress.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Friday @pghguild.com strike paper gets you ready for championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social; reports on the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel reopening and the United Way IMPACT Awards, and shares a SNAP update from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership's Erin Yudt: www.unionprogress.com
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We condemn political violence. Please visit our website to read a statement from our Chair. beavercountydemocrats.com/message-from...
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We condemn political violence. Please visit our website to read a statement from our Chair. beavercountydemocrats.com/message-from...
More company appeals in the three-year-plus Pittsburgh news strike, but the @pghguild.com journalists say they'll still be at work Monday: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/20/p...
PG seeks a stay of health care injunction because it also plans to seek a re-hearing of same court's ruling for news strikers - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday asked for a stay of a federal court’s order that the company restore journalists’ health care coverage, pending an additional appeal it said it will make — for...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
More company appeals in the three-year-plus Pittsburgh news strike, but the @pghguild.com journalists say they'll still be at work Monday: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/20/p...
The Thursday @pghguild.com strike paper gets ready for Saturday's Western Pennsylvania high school football championships: www.unionprogress.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Thursday @pghguild.com strike paper gets ready for Saturday's Western Pennsylvania high school football championships: www.unionprogress.com
Wednesday's strike paper: The United Way seeks free tax prep volunteers, Ed Blazina has a distinctly convoluted Pittsburgh roadwork report, and @stevemellon412.bsky.social is there as @pghguild.com's Goldy loses his locks: www.unionprogress.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wednesday's strike paper: The United Way seeks free tax prep volunteers, Ed Blazina has a distinctly convoluted Pittsburgh roadwork report, and @stevemellon412.bsky.social is there as @pghguild.com's Goldy loses his locks: www.unionprogress.com
Oh my. Celebration Ale at Piper’s Pub.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Oh my. Celebration Ale at Piper’s Pub.
If you don't already have a Zamboni gravy boat ...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you don't already have a Zamboni gravy boat ...
Breaking: With a federal court order in their favor, the journalists of @pghguild.com have voted to end their strike and on Monday notified the PG that they intend to return to work next week: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings – with the a...
www.unionprogress.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Breaking: With a federal court order in their favor, the journalists of @pghguild.com have voted to end their strike and on Monday notified the PG that they intend to return to work next week: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
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a great strike captain once said “anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great” and we're putting that into practice on the picket line. we’re on national ULP strike to demand higher pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting at starbucks 🐁✊ #nocontractnocoffee
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
a great strike captain once said “anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great” and we're putting that into practice on the picket line. we’re on national ULP strike to demand higher pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting at starbucks 🐁✊ #nocontractnocoffee
Monday morning at the @pghguild.com strike paper: @johnnysantapup.bsky.social lays out the district @ncaafb.bsky.social playoff picture and Ed Blazina reports on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's annual service report: Missed trips are down, but on-time performance is an issue: www.unionprogress.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Monday morning at the @pghguild.com strike paper: @johnnysantapup.bsky.social lays out the district @ncaafb.bsky.social playoff picture and Ed Blazina reports on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's annual service report: Missed trips are down, but on-time performance is an issue: www.unionprogress.com
The Sunday PUP is packed with all the district high school and college football, a rekindled Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy podcast, and news for toll scofflaws: the Pennsylvania Turnpike is coming for you with state Attorney General Dave Sunday: www.unionprogress.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Sunday PUP is packed with all the district high school and college football, a rekindled Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy podcast, and news for toll scofflaws: the Pennsylvania Turnpike is coming for you with state Attorney General Dave Sunday: www.unionprogress.com
Ham, quattro formaggi, crushed pineapple, fresh Thai basil, spicy marinara, olive oil, lots of black pepper.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ham, quattro formaggi, crushed pineapple, fresh Thai basil, spicy marinara, olive oil, lots of black pepper.
The @pghguild.com strike paper fans out over the football fields of Western Pennsylvania: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/15/w...
WPIAL Class 4A championship: Aliquippa defense flexes muscles, powers Quips past No. 1 McKeesport to capture 21st WPIAL title - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Aliquippa has now won a record 21 WPIAL football championships, but this may have been their most improbable title of them all.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The @pghguild.com strike paper fans out over the football fields of Western Pennsylvania: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/15/w...
Is there a worst chore than taking down plants and bringing in pots for the winter?
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Is there a worst chore than taking down plants and bringing in pots for the winter?
Seems apropos to re-post this: It's America Recycles Day! www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/14/c...
Challenge yourself on recycling on national recycling day and beyond - Pittsburgh Union Progress
It’s America Recycles Day this Saturday, and its organizers have suggestions for how you can have an environmental impact by disposing of unwanted household and personal items properly, and not just o...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Seems apropos to re-post this: It's America Recycles Day! www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/14/c...
The Globe gets us. Thanks for the sense and solidarity. ppuglobe.com/2025/11/glob...
Globe’s Point: Congratulations to the striking Post-Gazette journalists
Three years of attempted bargaining, three years of going to the picket line and three years of being unpaid because their job cannot follow the law and adhere to a fair contract.
ppuglobe.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Globe gets us. Thanks for the sense and solidarity. ppuglobe.com/2025/11/glob...
FOOTBALL! Saturday's @pghguild.com strike paper has what happened Friday night and what's happening today, which our Steve, Brad and @johnnysantapup.bsky.social will have tonight. Follow? Plus news on the Mon Incline closure and @attacktheatre.bsky.social going "Game On." www.unionprogress.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
FOOTBALL! Saturday's @pghguild.com strike paper has what happened Friday night and what's happening today, which our Steve, Brad and @johnnysantapup.bsky.social will have tonight. Follow? Plus news on the Mon Incline closure and @attacktheatre.bsky.social going "Game On." www.unionprogress.com
The @pghguild.com sports guys are taping up for a long weekend of football, including Saturday college championships and playoff pushes. @johnnysantapup.bsky.social reports. Helen Fallon previews America Recycles Day. And Ed Blazina says PGH Transit debuts ReadyFare cards soon: www.unionprogress.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The @pghguild.com sports guys are taping up for a long weekend of football, including Saturday college championships and playoff pushes. @johnnysantapup.bsky.social reports. Helen Fallon previews America Recycles Day. And Ed Blazina says PGH Transit debuts ReadyFare cards soon: www.unionprogress.com