Northside United

Northside United is a coalition of Northside community groups, churches, social service agencies, Northsiders of all ages, labor unions, environmental groups and allies from around the city, working together to win Community Benefits Agreements (CBA’s) with the corporate developers who are building projects on the Northshore.

Townhall Meeting with State Representive Jack Wheatley

Northside Town Hall Meeting sponsored by State Representative Jake Wheatley

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At the River I Stand- MLK Movie

This moving documentary recounts the two months leading to Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in 1968, coinciding with the 65-day strike of 1300 Memphis sanitation workers.

Movie at 6pm, refeshments and fellowship afterwards.

To RSVP, click: https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5452/l/eng/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18020

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Groups lobby Pittsburgh for local benefits in major projects

Pittsburgh City Council may wade into a worsening dispute between several labor and community groups and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's administration by considering a living wage requirement for publicly-backed development, Council President Doug Shields said today.

"The jobs that [subsidized developers] are creating are going to have to be living wage jobs," Mr. Shields said before a public hearing on development attended by around 75 people.

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Protesters say city undercuts jobs, pay

A group of about 100 service workers representing different sectors of organized labor were rebuffed yesterday when they tried to enter Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's office to talk about his development policies and fair wages.

Marcy Demitras, an employee at the Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown who's also with the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers United, addresses City Council yesterday. Ms. Demitras was part of a group of about 100 service workers who wanted to speak with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl about his development policies, but instead they met with council members to discuss their opposition to the city's subsidy of developers who offer low-paying jobs. City Council President Doug Shields told the protesters: "We, as a council, will be responsive."

Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette

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Doors Chained To Keep Protesters Out Of Pittsburgh Mayor's Office

200 Service Union Protesters Descend On Grant Street
PITTSBURGH -- A group of about 200 protesters descended on the office of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl on Friday morning.

[SEIU Western Pennsylvania director Gabe Morgan addresses hundreds of protesters gathered at the Pittsburgh mayor's office.]

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Demonstators locked out of mayor's office

This morning, nearly 100 union members and community activists staged a protest outside Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's front door -- which a city worker then chained and padlocked.

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Protesters storm Ravenstahl's office demanding jobs on city projects

Workers who protested at Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's office this morning for union jobs on city-subsidized projects said they will return this afternoon.

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Police arrest 5 protesters outside Continental Real Estate office

Homestead police Thursday arrested five protesters singing hymns and blocking the entrance to the office of developer Continental Real Estate Cos. at the Waterfront shopping mall.

Continental officials called police after refusing to meet with 20 protesters from the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network, a group representing 25 congregations and seven religious organizations in the Pittsburgh area.

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Take Back the Northshore!

It’s time for the developers and corporations of the Northshore to invest in their neighborhood, the Northside.

Join Northside United on July 23rd, 5:30pm

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Northsiders Get Arrested for Family-Sustaining Jobs and Community Benefits

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