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'If that means I'm a one-term mayor, then so be it:' Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker puts it all on the line in city workers strike
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is putting it all on the line. In a fiery news conference on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of ...
2 Philadelphia sanitation workers struck by vehicle while picketing during DC 33 strike, police say
Two sanitation workers who were on the picket line in the ongoing District Council 33 union strike were hit by a vehicle in ...
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What made LL Cool J cancel Philadelphia plans
The labor dispute that prompted LL Cool J’s withdrawal marks Philadelphia’s first major municipal work stoppage in nearly ...
Thousands of Philadelphia city workers are officially on strike
More than 9,000 city employees are on strike after contract talks fell apart between AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor ...
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 ...
Garbage overflows into Philadelphia’s streets after mass city worker strike
One of Philadelphia’s largest city worker unions is on strike in a demand for higher wages and more expansive benefits, which ...
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 ...