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12/25/2023

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12/25/2023

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07/25/2023

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07/25/2023

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07/25/2023

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04/19/2023

"The Mayor, DOMI and City Council should be acting on behalf of the community, not private companies, in service of our collective needs for clean air, for transportation, and for safe streets. The most troubling issue with this pilot is that the City has failed to measure or even identify goals that are distinct from the profit motives of the Spin scooter company."

Dozens of residents call on Pittsburgh City Council to end the Spin E-Scooter pilot, and to improve resident mobility through sidewalk development, bus improvements and affordable housing instead. On April 12, 2023, Pittsburgh City Council heard from the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastru...

02/28/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html

01/09/2023

01/04/2023

Cars Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of Block Communications Inc., announced in a press release today that it would acquire the City Paper from Eagle Media, with the sale being finalized this month.

12/26/2022

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12/21/2022

"Our local taxing bodies at the city, county, and school board level should use whatever levers they can to stop huge nonprofits from not paying their taxes and taking advantage of the people of Pittsburgh. Parcel review, including this parking parcel review, is an idea worth investing in, one that could be a first step toward UPMC paying what it owes,” (Warwick) says."

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/local-auditor-challenges-tax-exemptions-for-upmc-parking-lots/Content?oid=23006321&fbclid=IwAR2ssCpo5Q6wFj_usYHcDt3-QIU_kLkFGH0l6XugkCVMCN-vjXHncFfTsfM

UPMC should be paying taxes on $32 million of parking lots currently marked tax-exempt, argues O'Hara Township's municipal auditor.

12/19/2022

"DOMI was put in charge of redesigning the major intersection at the west end of the bridge. With typical bureaucratic arrogance, DOMI rushed forward with a plan that will disrupt thousands of motorists and the neighborhood. Hundreds of petition signers and local residents have been ignored."

https://triblive.com/opinion/joseph-sabino-mistick-safe-communities-at-top-of-holiday-wish-list/?fbclid=IwAR2SgcQNV1GHbHzet6_vBWmo2OwTjZqn2C9tb0h6apUrzS3sBAPoOBA9odY

Everyone has a personal holiday wish list, but we all should have a wish list for our communities, as well. These are not luxury items at all. Those who live in Pittsburgh’s East End or pass through it for work or pleasure or to shop will have one wish come

12/17/2022

Reaganism brought us:
— the collapse of the middle class;
— student and medical debt that’s impossible to climb out of;
— an explosion of predation from health insurance companies and for-profit hospitals;
— political manipulation by corporations and billionaires;
— an explosion of homelessness and untreated mental illness;
— and turned our elementary schools into killing fields.

Back in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was sworn in and implicitly promised to destroy our government because it was “the problem,” many of us who strongly opposed him wondered what the final stage of Reaganism would look like. Now we know. We’re there....

12/14/2022

"“There’s plenty of representation for the developers,” she told the Post-Gazette in July. “It’s the people that need to have their voices amplified. And that’s what I’m hoping to do.”

Barbara Warwick was sworn in as the newest member of Pittsburgh City Council during a special ceremony Monday in Council Chambers. Ms. Warwick, of Greenfield,...

12/13/2022

"Among the priorities cited by Warwick in her acceptance speech: a grocery store in Hazelwood, a playground for Pittsburgh Greenfield school, a rec center for kids and seniors in the 31st ward, better public transportation and infrastructure for those who don’t travel by car, and more affordable housing."

District 5 is "a microcosm of the city as a whole," said Warwick, with the most powerful and most vulnerable people alike.

12/12/2022

"TPM has obtained the 2,319 text messages that Mark Meadows, who was President Trump’s last White House chief of staff, turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Today, we are publishing The Meadows Texts, a series based on an in-depth analysis of these extraordinary — and disturbing — communications."

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11/14/2022

"While thousands of workers have used the historically tight labor market of the past year to upgrade to better jobs, this opportunity is foreclosed to workers in markets dominated by single employers. As UPMC continues its march to consolidate the health care industry across Pennsylvania, working people in Pennsylvania are less free to change jobs to improve their financial and working lives. UPMC currently employs 92,000 people including a staggering 75% of all hospital workers in Pittsburgh."

What do self-proclaimed freelance writer Stephen King and UPMC registered nurse Jodi Faltin have in common? They’re both fighting back against corporate monopsony power that eliminates competition in the labor market and allows employers to dictate terms to workers. Whether you’re sellin...

10/25/2022

Sunny skies and solidarity cries graced Post-Gazette publisher John Block’s home Saturday as union members gathered in Shadyside for the fifth day of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s strike against the Post-Gazette. Post-Gazette workers were joined on Devonshire Street at noon by members of t...

10/10/2022

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09/17/2022

"A resident of “the Run” — the Four Mile Run section of Greenfield that sits under I-376 — since 2014, Ms. Warwick has never held public office, but became known as a vocal opponent of the Mon-Oakland Connector."

The Allegheny County Democratic Committee on Thursday announced community activist Barb Warwick as its nominee for Pittsburgh City Council District 5. Ms....

09/16/2022

"Warwick's win means she will face Republican Eugene Bokor in the special election, which will be included on the Nov. 8 ballot. The district includes areas that include Greenfield, Hazelwood, Lincoln Place and portions of Squirrel Hill. And its heavy Democratic tilt makes her a decided favorite in the race.:

Warwick's win means she will face Republican Eugene Bokor in the special election, which will be included on the Nov. 8 ballot. The district includes areas that include Greenfield, Hazelwood, Lincoln Place and portions of Squirrel Hill.

09/08/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/08/pennsylvania-water-sewer-system-privatisation-fails

Failure of the $1.1bn bid by Aqua for the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority is a major victory for campaigners

09/07/2022

"The rise of candidates outside the neighborhood may reflect increased political ferment in Greenfield and Hazelwood especially. The area has seen both a rise in large-scale development on the site of a former steel mill, and controversy surrounding the Mon-Oakland Connector, a transit project bitterly opposed in Greenfield."

Party leaders in the 5th Council District will choose one of the four to be their nominee in the November 8th special election. The nominee will be selected September 15th, and will be a strong favorite in the heavily Democratic district.

09/01/2022

"Putting his muscle where his mouth was, Jack became a staunch defender of the Pittsburgh Occupy encampment during a bitter winter near Mellon Bank Downtown. He told the young people in the encampment that as long as they respected police and city workers, he would support them, and he did. Pittsburgh’s Occupy encampment endured longer than any other in the country."
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2022/09/01/muscle-and-mouth/stories/202209010063

Jack Shea, longtime Allegheny Labor Council president was a union organizer, negotiator and effective leader of a complex conglomeration of industrial,...