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Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup
A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong ...
Mayor: Philadelphia city workers' strike ends with 14% salary increase
The city workers' strike in Philadelphia is set to end after the city and the union reached a tentative agreement, Mayor ...
Philadelphia trash strike ends after garbage piles up for days on city streets
AFSCME District Council 33 went on strike at midnight June 30. The strike ended with promises of pay raises for the city's ...
Philadelphia strike hits Day 7 as latest negotiations between union, Parker administration end without deal
District Council 33 and the Parker administration last negotiated for hours on Saturday, but the two sides weren't able to ...
Philadelphia Strike Ends: Race & Inequality at Center of Municipal Workers’ Fight for a Fair Wage
The largest municipal workers’ strike in decades in the city of Philadelphia has ended after 9,000 members of AFSCME District ...
Online meeting Monday: Override AFSCME’s sellout of the Philadelphia strike! Build the Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee!
This is a call to action for all workers who want to defend their rights. Don’t let the bureaucrats and city officials decide ...
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As trash and tempers heat up across Philadelphia on Day 8 of a strike by blue-collar city workers Tuesday ...
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.