Economic Development Policy Reform

New Pittsburgh Law Guarantees Good Service Jobs at Developments

Country's Most Comprehensive Law Requires Good Permanent Jobs at Subsidized Developments and through City Contracts

Read More
Rescheduled Prevailing Wage Victory Party

Join the Pittsburgh UNITED coalition to celebrate the victory of the Prevailing Wage bill.
We're hosting a happy hour victory party on March 12th from 5-7pm-- Join Us!

Read More
Council approves prevailing wage legislation

Pittsburgh City Council gave final, unanimous approval Tuesday to legislation that would ensure that hotel, grocery, janitorial and cafeteria workers at future city-subsidized development sites earn prevailing wages matching those their typical peers get citywide.

"We worked really hard to get to a bill that everyone could support," said Gabe Morgan, Western Pennsylvania director of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ.

Read More
Prevailing wage bill unanimously approved

Hotel, cafeteria and building maintenance workers at future city-subsidized developments are in line for a pay raise within the next two months following city council's unanimous approval Tuesday of a prevailing wage bill.

The measure would apply to employers at future developments of 100,000 square feet or larger and grocery stores 25,000 square feet or larger that receive $100,000 or more in city subsidies or that contract with the city.

Read More
Prevailing Wage Passes

“First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.”
~Mahatma Gandhi

DOWNTOWN--On Tuesday, City Council approved for the second time the Prevailing Wage Bill.

The bill, which was approved unanimously, will require city-subsidized projects to pay prevailing wage, that being wage equal to what is being paid by non-subsidized businesses.

Read More
Pittsburgh City Council OKs prevailing wage bill

Hotel, cafeteria and building maintenance workers workers at future city-subsidized developments are in line for a pay raise within the next two months following city council's unanimous approval today of a prevailing wage bill.

Read More
Pittsburgh Council unanimously approves prevailing wage

Pittsburgh City Council gave final approval today to prevailing wage legislation that would ensure that hotel, grocery, janitorial and cafeteria workers at future city-subsidized development sites earn what their typical peers get citywide.

Originally introduced in November, the legislation generated months of vigorous debate, repeated rallies, public hearings, a New Year's Eve veto and a failed override bid. But today's final approval came with no debate, amendments or no votes.

Read More
City council on round two for prevailing wage

The nine members of Pittsburgh City Council have signed on as co-sponsors of prevailing wage legislation that will require employers to pay certain service industry workers a wage on par with others in the industry. Although the bill won’t be voted on until Feb. 2, many giving testimony at the public hearing for the bill on Jan. 25 felt like Groundhog Day had come a week early.

Read More
Final Vote- Prevailing Wage Bill

Join Pittsburgh UNITED and all of our partners for the final vote in council of the Prevailing Wage Bill.

Tuesday, February 2nd

9:30 AM Press Conference
10:00 AM Council Session

Read More
Council gives preliminary OK to prevailing wage legislation

Prevailing wage rules that roiled Pittsburgh government for months flowed smoothly to tentative city council approval Wednesday, following last-day talks that smoothed the waters.

"It will literally change lives" by helping people out of poverty, predicted new Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak, who introduced nine of the 12 amendments that broadened support for the measure. "A prevailing wage absolutely will not be a deterrent for development."

Read More