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Philadelphia strike enters Day 4 with negotiations at a standstill, trash piling up
Negotiations between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Parker's administration appear to be at a standstill.
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 ...
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 ...
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Trash piles up in parts of Philadelphia as blue-collar city workers remain on strike
The latest round of negotiations began Wednesday but ended overnight without a deal. There's no word on when talks would ...
LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan Cancel Philadelphia Fest Appearances in Support of City Workers’ Strike
"There’s absolutely no way that I can perform, cross a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there ...
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Philadelphia city workers’ strike continues on Day 5. Talks between union, officials resume
The union that represents more than 9,000 city workers said in a post on X that it is resuming contract talks with Philadelphia officials as its strike continued for a fifth day.
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 ...
‘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 ...