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CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania — Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial revolution

According to an analysis sponsored by bathroom fittings maker Lixil, the deficit of licensed plumbers who install bathroom fixtures and piping systems drained $33 billion from the economy in 2022.

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial revolution in the 1870s, when it came under the umbrella of the Knights of Labor. By July of 1890, it had formed its own stand-alone union, […]

CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania -- Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since

Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial r

 

"Plumbing is not just fixing a leaking pipe or replacing a rusting one or unclogging roots in a line for a toilet."

A recent article by the Equal Justice Initiative reveals that more than in 1909, more than 200 Black Pittsburghers were arrested on spurious charges.

A federal jury found two Pittsburgh-area nursing homes guilty on Monday of healthcare fraud after two days of deliberations.