Friday Musings on the Pittsburgh Hourly Job Front

SMG and the Pittsburgh Penguin organization are going above and beyond to help the Urban League and The Employment Guide organize and hold our next big diversity job fair at the Mellon Arena in July. The intent of the Penguins is to have an informational booth at the event to begin communicating with the community about their future needs for employees and integrating with their neighbors to make the development as Pittsburgh centric as possible. This shows their statements about concern for their neighbors are more than just words.

Hopefully, as completion of the new arena draws near and with it the development of land in the vicinity, informational booths will transition to become actual interviewing opportunities for hundreds of future hourly workers. The Penguins need to be commended for their pro-activity. As we draw closer to the event we will publicize the companies who will be in attendance. We expect 30 to 40 Pittsburgh area employers to be there.

We hate to be doom and gloom but the Port Authority cuts that might come down the road, let alone the one’s we just experienced, are going to severely impact hourly workers across Allegheny County. Some workers will simply lose their job. If you make $10.00 per hour and cannot afford $3.00 per gallon gas, let alone a car with parking, how else are you going to get to a job that is no longer going to be serviced by Pat? We have an organization in Pittsburgh that is trying to help. Commute Info will be at our upcoming job fair. Please seek them out.