Progress Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondent has the press release from last weeked protest and the PGH Comet has a posts about the protestors that were arrested last week.

• The protests took place outside the Delmonte headquarters
• The Delmonte HQ is managed by  Continental Real Estate
• Continental pays their building service workers poverty wages with no health benefits.
• The statdium authority has sold some of the land around the stadiums to  Continental Real Estate to develop
• Northside United wants to make sure that with the new development better jobs with fair labor and benefits are part of the package

Here are the details on the rally that is being organized for Thursday, July 23, 2009

North Shore Development Rally, July 23

The fight continues to ensure that Continental Realty, the developer of a hotel and amphitheater on the North Shore, agrees to a

Community Benefits Agreement that will benefit impacted Northside communities.

Join us for a rally …

5:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23
Calvary United Methodist Church
971 Beech Avenue  Pittsburgh 15233
(Beech and Allegheny Avenues)

Sierra Club and others are joining Northside communities in seeking:

Silver LEED certification for the hotel and amphitheater

Diesel emission controls on all construction vehicles

Parks and open spaces.

For more information, contact Tom Hoffman at tghoffman2@gmail.com or visit:

www.alleghenysc.org

www.pittsburghunited.org