In March 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to enter the public consciousness, some 500 people from labor unions and industry met in Pittsburgh to launch an organization called Pittsburgh Works Together (PWT), dedicated to fighting back against those who want to end southwest PA industries including steel, natural gas, and petrochemicals (see CNX CEO Backs New SWPA Group to Counter “Elites and Extremists”). The alliance is going strong. In May, PWT condemned PA Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to force the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), an obscene carbon tax on coal and gas-fired power plants (see Pittsburgh Works Together Biz/Labor Group Condemns Wolf Carbon Tax). PWT recently filed comments with the state IRRC encouraging the commission to reject Wolf’s plan.
In March 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to enter the public consciousness, some 500 people from labor unions and industry met in Pittsburgh to launch an organization called Pittsburgh Works Together (PWT), dedicated to fighting back against those who want to end southwest PA industries including steel, natural gas, and petrochemicals (see 