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Philadelphia aims to control trash pileups ahead of holiday weekend as city workers strike continues
A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day. Trash continued to pile up Thursday in ...
DC 33 made concessions in 1992. Decades of resentment since led to Philadelphia’s current city worker strike.
Many AFSCME DC 33 members have been itching for the union to take a dramatic stand against the city ever since then-Mayor ...
‘We are dug in': Union head sees no end to strike as Philly mayor calls for new talks
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker says union members refused to negotiate an end to the city workers strike on Thursday, but ...
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Retrieval of dead bodies is being delayed due to strike, Philadelphia officials say
The City of Philadelphia is seeking a court order to get striking medical examiner's office workers back on the job as the ...
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‘I’m giving residents options’: Ya Fav Trashman sees strike dilemma from both sides
The former municipal sanitation worker turned clean streets advocate has continued picking up trash, a decision that has ...
“We need universal solidarity”: Striking Philadelphia city workers denounce poverty pay, as Democratic mayor seeks injunction
The Parker government’s attack is part of an effort to isolate and weaken the workers under conditions where there is mass ...
Trash and frustrations mount, but talks resume, as the DC 33 strike continues
Dumpsters in Philadelphia are rapidly filled and overflowing, and 200,000 people are a mile or more away from the nearest one ...