For Immediate Release: Feb. 25, 2016
Contact: Maria Somma, (412) 562-1992, msomma@usw.org
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO RALLY FOR HIGHER WAGES
(Pittsburgh) – Over 500 students, faculty and staff members will rally for higher wages on Friday afternoon, February 26, at the University of Pittsburgh as part of a school-wide “Fight for $15” campaign organized by the United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). The United Steelworkers (USW) have recently started organizing campaigns at the university for all faculty and staff as well as graduate employees.
Pitt currently employs 33,800 workers and has over 28,000 students. Many adjunct professors and graduate employees make near-poverty wages and have little to no job security.
The rally, focused on demanding a livable wage for all campus workers, will begin outside the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Blvd and make stops at UPMC Presbyterian on Fifth Ave. as well as the McDonald’s on Forbes Ave. for speak-outs on poverty and wages.
ATTN ASSIGNMENT/EDITORS: Photo Opportunities, Interviews
WHO: Over 500 University of Pittsburgh students, faculty and staff members, as well as community allies including the USAS, USW, SEIU Healthcare, Pittsburgh Fight for 15 and UFCW
WHAT: Rally to demand higher wages and to highlight the “Fight for 15” activism in the fast food industry
WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2016, 3:30 PM
WHERE: Beginning at the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Blvd. (Between Forbes and Fifth)
The USW represents 850,000 men and women employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply and the energy-producing industries, along with a growing number of workers in public sector and service occupations.
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Contact: Maria Somma, (412) 562-1992, msomma@usw.org
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO RALLY FOR HIGHER WAGES
(Pittsburgh) – Over 500 students, faculty and staff members will rally for higher wages on Friday afternoon, February 26, at the University of Pittsburgh as part of a school-wide “Fight for $15” campaign organized by the United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). The United Steelworkers (USW) have recently started organizing campaigns at the university for all faculty and staff as well as graduate employees.
Pitt currently employs 33,800 workers and has over 28,000 students. Many adjunct professors and graduate employees make near-poverty wages and have little to no job security.
The rally, focused on demanding a livable wage for all campus workers, will begin outside the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Blvd and make stops at UPMC Presbyterian on Fifth Ave. as well as the McDonald’s on Forbes Ave. for speak-outs on poverty and wages.
ATTN ASSIGNMENT/EDITORS: Photo Opportunities, Interviews
WHO: Over 500 University of Pittsburgh students, faculty and staff members, as well as community allies including the USAS, USW, SEIU Healthcare, Pittsburgh Fight for 15 and UFCW
WHAT: Rally to demand higher wages and to highlight the “Fight for 15” activism in the fast food industry
WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2016, 3:30 PM
WHERE: Beginning at the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Blvd. (Between Forbes and Fifth)
The USW represents 850,000 men and women employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply and the energy-producing industries, along with a growing number of workers in public sector and service occupations.
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