Image description: Flyer for PPT’s delegation with ATU Local 85 for the 2023 Labor Day Parade. Includes a photo of PPT holding our banner with ATU Local 85 at the 2014 Labor Day Parade. ATU members are wearing blue shirts. A red Port Authority is in the background as we round the corner from Sixth ave onto Grant Street. Details for the event are included: “September 4th, 10am-1pm, meet 10am at 91 Crawford St, reach out to info@pittsburghforpublic transit if you need a ride, if you have questions, or if you have any other accessibility needs”

Join PPT and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 to march in the 2023 Labor Day Parade! RSVP today.

PPT is a grassroots union of both transit riders and transit workers. We know that we are the ones using the system every day and that together, we have the knowledge needed to improve conditions for us all. One of our most fun celebrations of this community-union solidarity is when we march in the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade – which is the oldest Labor Day Parade in the country! RSVP today:

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This week, PRT announced they're dropping the employee vaccine requirement that resulted in the termination of 84 workers. These workers will be able to return to work. Read PPT's statement on this major news.

The reinstatement of fired transit workers will provide some immediate relief to our current service crisis. But in order to create public transit that gets us to more places, more quickly, with more reliability, PRT must show us how they plan to treat existing workers with dignity and hire more.

Read the full statement below:

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Our last listening session is tonight at 6:30! If you live along Rt. 837 that connects McKeesport to Homestead, join our campaign meeting to make sure that these investments truly increase transit access for our neighbors. Receive a $25 gift card!

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PRT Announces Big Service Changes: Starting Oct 1, the 61D, 71A, 71C, 71D will stop servicing Uptown and Downtown. Meeting scheduled for Sept 12 to speak more.

Share your story to advocate for improvements:

PRT’s Downtown to Oakland Bus Rapid Transit project, now called PRTX, has been in the works for more than a decade. The agency has begun posted notices to riders with a confirmed date for the first round of service changes accompanying this project: October 1

Read our blog to learn more about the changes, give your feedback, and sign up to join PRT's meeting on September 12th.

Can you join PPT at the transit agency's meeting on September 12th to talk about these changes? Sign up below and a PPT organizer will be in touch.

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Our next PPT Monthly Meeting is September 13th and you're invited!

Join grassroots union's next meeting to get updates whats happening at PRT, and get involved in organizing for a better system.

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• Better transit on the 837 corridor from Homestead to McKeesport: a listening session with Take Action Advocacy Group and Pittsburghers for Public Transit // in-person // First Step Recovery Homes, 820 Market St, McKeesport, PA 15132 // Thursday, August 31, 6:30pm // RSVP here
  
  
• Join PPT and ATU Local 85 at the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade // in-person // meet before 10am at St Benedict the Moore // Monday, September 4th // RSVP here
  
  
• PPT Communications Committee Meeting // virtual // Tuesday, September 5th, 6pm // RSVP here
  
  
• Join PPT at the BRTX Meeting update on changes to the 61s and 71s // virtual // Tuesday, September 12th, 5:30-7pm // RSVP here
  
• PPT September Monthly Meeting // virtual // Wednesday, September 13th, 7-8:30pm // RSVP here
  
  
• Rally and Testify with PPT at the PRT Board of Directors Meeting on BRTX changes // in-person // Friday, September 29th rally @ 8:30am, meeting @ 9:30 // RSVP here

Pittsburghers for Public Transit is a grassroots union of transit riders, workers and neighbors. Together, we organize for a more affordable, accessible and expanded transit system that meets all our needs, with no communities left out.

PPT is fueled by volunteer energy of people like you. Donate today to support our organizing for transit justice.

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