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Philadelphia, DC and trash

Mayor Cherelle Parker has turned to nonunion city workers and sanitation trainees to help with trash removal during the DC 33 strike

To some, the nonunion city workers are relieving a messy situation. To others, they’re simply scabs caught in difficult circumstances.

New York Post · 2h

Mountains of trash pile up around Philadelphia as city worker strike reaches second week

Piles of trash overflowed in Philadelphia’s streets as a city worker strike entered its second week Tuesday. Contract talks between the city and District Council 33, a labor union representing nearly 9,000 city workers, stalled Monday, FOX29 Philadelphia reported.

CBS News on MSN · 2h

Do DC 33 members make a living wage? Philadelphia workers' union strike by the numbers

According to MIT, Philadelphia's striking workers earn more than $2,000 less than the living wage for a single adult in the city.

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Mayor Cherelle Parker wants striking city workers to see the big picture of what she’s done for them. So far, it isn’t working.

Parker is asking AFSCME DC 33 to consider the 5% raises they won last year and her signature housing plan as part of her ...

Philadelphia Magazine1d

No, Philly, You Can’t Fire Mayor Parker Amid the Stenchful Strike

You can thank Frank Rizzo. Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today.

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 ...

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Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration and AFSCME DC 33 met for the second time since the strike began. There’s still no deal.

Union president Greg Boulware stepped out of a conference room in a community college campus in West Philadelphia and sat ...

2don MSN

Negotiations resume between AFSCME District Council 33, Mayor Parker's administration on Day 5 of strike

No deal was reached between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration after ...

FOX 29 News Philadelphia on MSN4d

Philadelphia strike: Parker says District Council 33 refused city's offer to continue negotiations

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said District Council 33 refused the city's offer to continue contract negotiations on ...

Philadelphia Magazine21h

It’s Officially Live Aid Week in Philadelphia

A weeklong celebration and exploration of the greatest show on Earth.

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A Trashy Fourth of July in Philadelphia

A city worker strike puts a stop to regular garbage collection.

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