Abigail Hakas

Your friendly neighborhood journalist. Managing editor at Latrobe Bulletin. Union solidarity. She/her. DMs open for story tips. Signal: abigailhakas.67

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

There is a GoFundMe now live to support former City Paper staffers. Please support these folks like you've supported us.

https://t.co/doSdfHqriW

[Abigail Hakas @thathakas]

Former Ligonier Valley Police Chief John Berger is facing bribery and drug charges after allegedly taking drugs from the police station and buying pills from a Ligonier Township man, according to a grand jury investigation.

https://t.co/wdSrXy43jK

[Jaxon White @Jaxon__White]

Veteran journalist David Greene to acquire LNP | LancasterOnline, creating nonprofit https://t.co/NJejj9chET

[Steve Rotstein @SteveRotstein]

Update:

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

With our strike ending today, we are welcoming folks to speak to the @pittsburghPG in addition to sharing PG articles as they like.

We are NOT asking folks to re-subscribe *just* yet as we would like to do that as a big wave of supporters. We will be loud about that, and soon.

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

BREAKING: We did win!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @PittsburghPG to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for for 3+ years.

[Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 @ThePUPNews]

Our top story: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit orders the PG to restore the striking journalists' contract, including its health care plan, and bargain a new one, and strikers are looking forward to returning to work: https://t.co/ZXrXTNwJms

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

Why have we sacrificed so much for three (3!) years on strike? Because we know Pittsburgh deserves to be reported on by people who care about Pittsburgh, can stay in Pittsburgh, and will fight for the truth in Pittsburgh. The Blocks don't.

How to help: https://t.co/UVwRvpWnAK

[bald ann dowd @ali_sivi]

the type of sadness in his eyes that you can only find in people from pittsburgh

[Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 @ThePUPNews]

We're on the rivers -- for @AlleghenyCW's Immaculate Collection and for @thathakas to flex our mussels -- and in Shadyside for traffic calming. @SteveRotstein unleashes his aggressive football notebook and @BREAL412 is all over college sports recruiting: https://t.co/8vMXx2IxZJ

[NWS Pittsburgh @NWSPittsburgh]

A geomagnetic storms may cause our region to see the Northern Lights tomorrow night.

[Sam Wasserman (he/him) @SamWasserman_]

Ain’t no Labor Day like a Pittsburgh Labor Day. Solidarity forever ✊🏼

[Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr]

The Post-Gazette's ongoing breaking of federal labor law and court orders is despicable. Except for the employees and others that are enabling that, happy Labor Day!

[Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 @ThePUPNews]

The @PGHGuild Sunday strike paper shares a story from @PointParkCMI Next Generation Newsroom in which @ErinYudt and @thathakas look ahead to the next U.S. attorney here: https://t.co/Nyn48B2HNG

[Pete Sirianni @petersirianni]

U.S. attorneys influence how the office addresses crime that falls under federal law in any given region. For example, they may prioritize certain areas such as drug trafficking or white-collar crime. By @thathakas @ErinYudt for the New Castle News/Next Generation Newsroom.

[Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 @ThePUPNews]

We're also pleased to share the latest from @PointParkCMI's Next Generation Newsroom. @Thathakas and @ErinYudt report on $10 million (!) in skimmed/scammed SNAP benefits since last fall and what's Pennsylvania going to do about it? https://t.co/yii7IqCKnQ

[Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr]

The Post-Gazette has been breaking federal labor law for longer than I've been on strike (1044 days).

[Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild @PacNWGuild]

Nancy Reid is a resident of Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood and a member of the BCI board of directors. Nancy sits in her home and hides her true identity as a union-buster. Today, we hung flyers in her neighborhood to reveal who she really is. The journalists of Pittsburgh Post Gazette @PittsburghPG and members of the @PGHGuild have been on strike for over 1,000 days. Learn more at https://t.co/QsB0U9qQoa!

[Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 @ThePUPNews]

At the two-year, 10-month (!) mark of the @PGHGuild strike, the PUP is packed with more preseason high school football (3A and 2A), more roadwork, and another AI story shared by @PointParkCMI teaching newsroom's @thathakas. Read, share and support at https://t.co/8vMXx2IxZJ

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

Emily Escalante is a resident of Pittsburgh's Mexican War Streets neighborhood and a member of the BCI board of directors.

Emily sits in her gentrified home and hides her true identity as a union-buster.

Today, we hung flyers in her neighborhood to reveal who she really is.