Steelworkers local fundraising for Clairton Coke Works explosion victims nears $80,000, and community will gather in prayer - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Steelworkers local fundraising for Clairton Coke Works explosion victims nears $80,000, and community will gather in prayer - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Just under a week after the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works explosion, efforts are underway to help its victims and their families financially and spiritually. United Steelworkers Local 1557 has raised just more than $73,000 out of an $80,000 goal by Saturday afternoon through a GoFundMe drive started by its NextGen co-chair Travis Laing the day after Monday’s fatal accident. Credit unions associated with steelworkers are helping, too. Two busine…