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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.
'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 ...
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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 ...
Philadelphia strike enters Day 3, negotiations paused as union says it is "working on" new proposal to city
Negotiations are paused between DC 33 and the City of Philadelphia as the city's largest strike in nearly 40 years continues.
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...