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Philadelphia strike negotiations between DC 33, city officials to resume on Day 8 of strike
After beginning their strike a week ago, DC 33 members are still on the picket line calling for higher pay increases.
Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers
Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day.
Trash Piles Up in Philadelphia as Workers Strike Drags On
Trash continues to pile up along Philadelphia’s streets as a union strike by sanitation workers and other municipal employees ...
Negotiations between DC 33, Philadelphia resume on Day 8 of strike
Philadelphia's striking AFSCME District Council 33 union returned to the negotiating table with city officials on Tuesday ...
How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from past labor disputes in the city
When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a weeklong sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...
Timeline of District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia: What we know so far
Here's a timeline breaking down everything we know so far about the labor talks between District Council 33 and the city of ...
Judge approves injunctions for airport, 911 dispatch to return to work amid strike
As the Philadelphia workers union strike continues, a judge approved injunctions the city filed for 911 and airport ...
LL Cool J says he won’t perform at Philadelphia’s July Fourth festival in support of workers strike
Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly ...