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Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh @pghguild.com · 22h

Just a week and half short of the third anniversary of our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com, Allegheny County Council member at-large @bethanyhallam.bsky.social brought forward a proclamation acknowledging the fight of the union journalists holding down the picket line.

Hallam and County Council recognize our resilience as this damn strike nears its third anniversary - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Tuesday night about a dozen of us wore our black PUP T-shirts, the most vigorously chic attire in labor history, and gathered in the Gold Room at the Allegheny County Courthouse to stand with the coun...

www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 1d

As the @pghguild.com strikers near the 3-year mark, @stevemellon412.bsky.social reports, they appreciate @bethanyhallam.bsky.social's Council proclamation. Steve Rotstein previews "one of the best matchups of the regular season that will surely decide the Class 4A champion." www.unionprogress.com

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 1d

The Block family could fully fund the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette if they wanted to. Indeed, meeting the demands of the striking workers would be cheaper than replacing them and retaining a union-busting firm.

Stop the Presses | Tadhg Larabee

In Pittsburgh, one newsroom has been on strike for more than two years. Something has to give. Will it be the workers?

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 2d

The @pghguild.com strike paper's Ed Blazina reports: Pennsylvania has empathy for long-haul truckers, and 1,202 new parking spaces for them, too: www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/07/p...

Pennsylvania creates 1,202 new parking spaces for long-haul truckers - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Mike Carroll, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, knows the needs of truck drivers better than most because he holds a commercial driver’s license. So as PennDOT announced 1,20...

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 2d

One day longer: The @pghguild.com strike paper is back with @stevemellon412.bsky.social's report on Saturday's concert for people of East Palestine area, and Ed Blazina on PA charging ahead with electric vehicles and on this week's roadwork that's eating Oakland parking spots: www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 3d

The @pghguild.com strike paper's Western Pennsylvania high school football rankings are up, with 📷 by Emily Matthews. "Finally," writes Steve Rotstein, "some moving and shaking" -- at least in Class 4A. www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/05/b...

Best in Show: PUP high school football rankings (Oct. 5) - Pittsburgh Union Progress

The PUP sports staff unveils its latest "Best in Show" rankings following Week 6 of the high school football season.

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 4d

In the @pghguild.com Sunday "paper," @johnnysantapup.bsky.social covers all the college football; Ed Blazina reports that it takes money for PGH Transit to, well, take money; and the PMP Newsroom's Erin Yudt covers "giant generational wealth being lost daily” to smarter scams: www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 4d

Today on the river in Rochester, Pa.: www.unionprogress.com/2025/09/28/c...

Concert will benefit those whose lives were scrambled by East Palestine derailment - Pittsburgh Union Progress

If you’d like to show some solidarity with the people still struggling after the disastrous 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in the working-class village of East Palestine, Ohio, you can do so S...

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 4d

Western Pennsylvania high school football's scores, scares, stars, sights & sounds -- the @pghguild.com's Steve Rotstein, Johnny Santa and Emily Matthews have it covered. Here's what happened Friday night: www.unionprogress.com

Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 5d

This may well be the nicest "newsroom" in the country, right here in Pittsburgh: www.poynter.org/business-wor...

Grants that Work: The Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub is a novel way for funders to support local news - Poynter

In a quest to boost a city's downtown, a foundation brought needed space, collaboration to hyperlocal news sites.

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 5d

Today's @pghguild.com strike paper has everything you need to pregame for football tonight; more things to do this fine weekend, from a park day to a house tour to this concert for the folks of the East Palestine area; plus driving routes you may want to avoid. Have a good one! www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 6d

My grandfather was part of this.

Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · Sep 1

A sit-down strike is not an obsolete tactic. It’s a blueprint for better working conditions, and for a revival of the middle class. The tumultuous Flint sit-down strike of 1936-1937 at General Motors is proof of that. #LaborDay @beltmagazine.bsky.social

Labor Lessons from the Flint Sit-Down Strike

The strike, which helped guide the UAW to prominence in the twentieth century, provides a blueprint for better working conditions and a revival of the middle class.

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 7d

In the @pghguild.com strike paper, read about Riverlife's "relentless" plans to “complete the loop” of parks and trails around the confluence of the Mon, Ohio and Allegheny rivers. Read about Riverview Park Day. And there's a Riverside reference in the PUP football notebook: www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 7d

From Wednesday's PUP, you can start to see Friday night. Steve Rotstein has the football Game of the Week and Andrew Goldstein has an update on a Pennsylvania bill that would ban smoking at casinos and bus stops: www.unionprogress.com

Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 8d

On Monday's @sbworkersunited.org practice picket: triblive.com/business/fed...

Fed-up Starbucks baristas stage 'practice picket' in Pittsburgh

Unionized Starbucks baristas say sudden store closures last weekend, including three in Pittsburgh, prove they need a contract with the coffeehouse chain. Lack of a contract leaves little legal recour...

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 9d

This morning the @pghguild.com strike paper leads with Ed Blazina's report on the reopening of the Herron Street Bridge, and we happily to share @pointparku.bsky.social's Next Generation Newsroom story and photos by Erin Yudt about rising vaccine exemptions across the region: www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 9d

Breaking: As the @pghguild.com strike paper's Ed Blazina's story this morning reported was still quite possible, the parties involved in the PGH Regional Transit bus stop location situation at The Waterfront have agreed on a solution. Here's the latest: www.unionprogress.com/2025/09/29/c...

Crisis averted: The Waterfront, PRT reach deal to continue bus stops - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Apparently as a result of bad publicity and the involvement of elected officials, the proposed closure of bus stops at two stores at The Waterfront complex has been averted. The Pittsburgh Regional Tr...

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for reading! I’ll share your question with my colleague Ed.

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 9d

The @pghguild.com's Ed Blazina starts out another week with a beyond-the-noise report on the PGH Regional Transit bus stops situation at The Waterfront, on which parties still are working to solve. He's also got his weekly heads-up on regional roadwork, including on Route 28: www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 10d

This week's Western Pennsylvania football rankings are out: www.unionprogress.com/2025/09/28/b...

Best in Show: PUP high school football rankings (Sept. 28) - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Each week the Pittsburgh Union Progress will issue its high school football rankings throughout the season, with all rankings voted on by the PUP sports staff. Class 6A 1. Central Catholic (5-1) 2. No...

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 10d

This @pghguild.com Sunday paper is STRIKING, with stories on lifesaving Oakland traffic improvements, grants to the Mine Wars Museum to build “Courage in the Hollers," the 10/4 benefit concert for those hurt by the East Palestine derailment, and the Brighton Heights House Tour: www.unionprogress.com

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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 11d

All the Western Pennsylvania college football: The @pghguild.com's @johnnysantapup.bsky.social spent Saturday covering California of PA, Slippery Rock, Washington & Jefferson, Grove City, Seton Hill, Indiana of PA, Duquesne, Waynesburg, Thiel, Pitt and more: : www.unionprogress.com/2025/09/27/d...