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Bob Batz Jr.

Bob, a feature writer and editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is currently on strike and serving as interim editor of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Contact him at bbatz@unionprogress.com.

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Striking journalists and the Post-Gazette meet for a rare bargaining session

by Bob Batz Jr.June 6, 2025June 8, 2025

In the first contract bargaining session since November 2024, during a strike that’s almost two years and eight months long, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette got a bit closer on a few small things, but they’re still very, very far apart. The meeting started at about 10:15 a.m. Thursday in the […]

Posted inCommunity news

The strike is over for 3 Pittsburgh news production unions, but the journalists’ strike continues

by Bob Batz Jr.March 13, 2025March 23, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Starbucks workers want fair contracts NOW … or no coffee!

by Bob Batz Jr.March 12, 2025March 12, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Third Circuit panel hears arguments on NLRB’s petition for an injunction for the Pittsburgh journalists, after the strikers get a boost from supporters

by Bob Batz Jr.February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Labor Action Tracker report shares some striking facts about 2024

by Bob Batz Jr.February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Ahead of Shapiro’s Tuesday budget address, virtual statewide rally for raising home care workers’ hourly pay argues that it’s ‘Time for $20!’

by Bob Batz Jr.February 4, 2025February 4, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

60-plus Pittsburgh immigrant-owned business closed for national ‘Day Without Immigrants’

by Bob Batz Jr.February 3, 2025February 4, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

The groundhog will soon be here … on Edwin Everhart’s new album

by Bob Batz Jr.January 21, 2025January 23, 2025
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‘Resistance Through Community’: Backyard Docs Film Festival continues through Sunday

by Bob Batz Jr.December 2, 2024December 6, 2024
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In its first bargaining session since April 2023, striking journalists’ union meets with PG reps

by Bob Batz Jr.November 14, 2024November 13, 2024

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