Bob Batz Jr.
@bobbatzjr
Interim editor @ThePUPNews. Soon I'll get back to work documenting Pittsburgh beer and other cool aspects of W. Pa./Ohio Valley life. It's all interim, right?
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20-04-2011 01:36:06
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John Mooney is a West Mifflin kid who was just drafted by Canadiens Montréal. Our John Santa can say he talked to him way before that: unionprogress.com/2023/04/20/fam…
Monday's Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 strike paper leads with Steve Mellon's coverage of Sunday's rally where "UPMC workers call out their bosses, say ending gender-affirming care for those under age 19 will result in deaths." Ed Blazina previews July 4 week roadwork: unionprogress.com
This is really good panel discussion for anyone who's doing or interested in doing "Worker-Led Media." Thanks @wgaeast (and other sponsors) and moderator Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸, along with Angad Singh Bhalla, Bikram Chatterji, Max RN and other practicing panelists: wgaeast.org/event/worker-l…
The Wednesday Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 strike paper leads with Ed Blazina's report, "The Pennsylvania Turnpike will continue its trend to lower the annual increase in toll rates in January, when rates will increase by 4%." This year it was 5%: unionprogress.com/2025/07/02/tur…
Nice to see the Pittsburgh Independent is back, with a story today on a rapper's excessive force lawsuit and ... "Bloomfield Beach" is also a summer song? pghindependent.com
Our Ed Blazina has a scoop on how the Pennsylvania Turnpike won’t be able to finish the southern section of the long-awaited Mon-Fayette Expressway unless the state Legislature provides another revenue source. Meanwhile, he's at the closed Jacks Run Bridge No. 3: unionprogress.com
There's a "Stand with Immigrants" rally in Downtown Pittsburgh from 1 to 3 p.m. today, our Bob Batz Jr. reports: unionprogress.com/2025/07/03/dow…
Sunday strike "paper": Our Bob Batz Jr. covers the 50501 Pittsburgh / Casa San Jose "Stand with Immigrants" rally Downtown and Ed Blazina covers the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA)'s 15-acre solar field and 55-acre Frick Park expansion that's briefly closing Nine Mile Run Trail: unionprogress.com
Good morning from the @pghguild.com strike paper, in which Ed Blazina writes about a section of the Pittsburgh Regional Transit Red Line that's closed for track replacement and about a lot of other road construction to avoid if you can: unionprogress.com
Our Steve Mellon reports from Philly, where he and other Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 strikers heard oral arguments in their case and stood with striking afscme33 workers, and Helen Fallon reports from Braddock, where Heritage Community Initiatives is giving free rides: unionprogress.com
The Pittsburgh Media Partnership summer intern group continues to produce quality material for their host news outlets. Here's the latest effort from Point Park University student Gavin Petrone: technical.ly/civic-news/pit…
Our Ed Blazina writes about the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside program that begins accepting applications Monday for projects that meet special transportation needs, improve safe access to schools and more. PA Department of Transportation has a webinar this morning: unionprogress.com/2025/07/09/pen…
From AI lies at POLITICO to execs dodging labor law at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Guild isn’t backing down. TNG pres Jon Schleuss supports PittsburghPG strikers joined America's Work Force to talk arbitration, accountability, and the fights ahead. awf.labortools.com/listen/news-gu…
