Steve Mellon
stevemellon412.bsky.social
Steve Mellon
@stevemellon412.bsky.social
Journalist currently on strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, now writing for the striker-produced Pittsburgh Union Progress.
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Deepening the context of why we mark Labor Day,
@stevemellon412.bsky.social/Pittsburgh Union Progress traveled to West Virginia for the story of America’s deadliest workplace disaster & the hundreds of sickened workers who died, then were hidden & forgotten: www.unionprogress.com/2025/08/28/a...
At Hawk’s Nest, hundreds of sickened workers died, then were hidden and forgotten; it wasn’t an accident - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Sam Ward spent the first few minutes of Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1933, trying to suck enough air into his lungs to keep himself alive. Most likely he was lying on a bed in a crudely built shack near a smal...
www.unionprogress.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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We thank the Park Center for Independent Media at @ithacacollege.bsky.social for this honor and congratulate our fellow award recipients @stevemellon412.bsky.social, @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM