KDKA Investigates: SEIU Healthcare's influence over Mayor Ed Gainey's administration (transfer, taxes)

[Reggiezz]

Where oh where did that bribe go?

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

This. You don't even need work boots. Loafers or tennis shoes would also work just fine. I see lots of jobs posted on Indeed in the $18/hr.-$22/hr. range. Many jobs that are hiring don't require a degree, either. The trades are also begging for workers. Our office has been at about 2/3 staffing for a considerable length of time now because we can't find anyone. There is no such thing as a "lack of jobs" in this city. Perhaps people shouldn't be so picky? When I was unemployed I IMMEDIATELY found work delivering fruit baskets by day and pizza by night to pay my bills despite being college-educated. My dad was laid off and worked at a gas station until he found something better.

Bingo…it’s simply the lack of wanting to work…though living in fear and shutting it down has had huge consequences. It being handled so poorly is why we’re seeing much of it, along with folks leaving.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Reggiezz

Where oh where did that bribe go?

SEIU certainly can’t be happy after endorsing them with a huge amount of money in campaign contributions. Big Ed and Summer Lee supposed to be getting UPMC.

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by Reggiezz

Where oh where did that bribe go?

Fake news?

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

This. You don't even need work boots. Loafers or tennis shoes would also work just fine. I see lots of jobs posted on Indeed in the $18/hr.-$22/hr. range. Many jobs that are hiring don't require a degree, either. The trades are also begging for workers. Our office has been at about 2/3 staffing for a considerable length of time now because we can't find anyone. There is no such thing as a "lack of jobs" in this city. Perhaps people shouldn't be so picky? When I was unemployed I IMMEDIATELY found work delivering fruit baskets by day and pizza by night to pay my bills despite being college-educated. My dad was laid off and worked at a gas station until he found something better.

I think sanity is a requirement for any job. You cannot possibly think a drug addict or mentally unstable person would have any type of work ethic.

[guy2073]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

I think sanity is a requirement for any job. You cannot possibly think a drug addict or mentally unstable person would have any type of work ethic.

Work construction for a year and you will see it daily.

[erieguy]

And so it continues, and spelled out perfectly with Big Ed and SEIU.

Hunter Tower: Is Pittsburgh a blueprint for other union-dominated blue cities?

https://triblive.com/opinion/hunter-...d-blue-cities/

“In 2021, Ed Gainey was elected mayor of Pittsburgh. His campaign was funded in part by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, which made a generous $350,000 donation — more than all other contributors combined.

SEIU Healthcare PA knew what it was paying for when it made this investment — a strong bargaining chip to force the city’s largest employer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), to unionize its employees. SEIU Healthcare has had its sights set on UPMC employees for more than a decade but has so far been unable to close the deal with its prospective members.”

“SEIU leaders now hold key posts in Gainey’s administration. Silas Russell, SEIU Healthcare executive vice president and political director, co-chaired Gainey’s transition team. Maria Montano, former SEIU Healthcare communications director, is now Gainey’s press secretary. And Lisa Frank, former SEIU vice president and director of strategic communications, is now the city of Pittsburgh’s chief operating officer.

Emails uncovered through right-to-know requests by CBS Pittsburgh reveal that Russell provided the mayor with union-generated talking points ahead of a meeting last year with UPMC officials.“

Gainey has also walked away from a $40 million commitment from UPMC to fund city initiatives such as public works and maintenance projects.

“That’s a big number we’re leaving on the table right now,” said Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb. “And we can’t just walk away from that. On behalf of the citizens and taxpayers of this town, we’ve got to engage, and we’ve got to have conversations and continued conversations with our largest employer.”

[412Burgh]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

You cannot possibly think a drug addict or mentally unstable person would have any type of work ethic.

You misspelled inner city black youth.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by 412Burgh

You misspelled inner city black youth.

i can understand why you might say that.

its not applicable, though. many are as industrious as any juvenile can will themselves to be. you dont hear about kids like this. its not NEWS after all if some kid actually went to post-12th grade school, got a certificate, and just went to work - making a living, not doing anything shady.

you wont hear about this - the alternate is reinforced, though, if/when THOSE kids get into trouble. they are as despised by their generational peers as you or the good, average, law-abiding citizen might despise them.

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by 412Burgh

You misspelled inner city black youth.

I raised inner city black children. They are beautiful, education, and confident. Most inner city black children manage to succeed. I’m black and inner city. I do not know or associate with dysfunction. I should mention that our children could care less about the assumptions of trash.