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Do DC 33 members make a living wage? Philadelphia workers' union strike by the numbers
Higher wages were a key sticking point during Philadelphia's AFSCME District 33 union's eight-day strike. A tentative labor ...
Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup
Officials say a union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more ...
3 dead in New Mexico 'unprecedented floodwaters'
July 9 (UPI) -- Three people have died in a flash flood in New Mexico, including two children, city officials announced. The ...
Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers
As trash and tempers heat up across Philadelphia on Day 8 of a strike by blue-collar city workers Tuesday, some residents and ...
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Philly’s City Worker Strike Has the Garbage Piling Up
Piles upon piles of garbage line the streets of Philadelphia, and as temperatures hover above 90 degrees, the stench is ...
DC 33, city to resume negotiations Tuesday as Philadelphia strike continues
Negotiations are set to continue on Tuesday between District Council 33 and the Parker administration, union president Greg ...
Philly strike updates: Trash piling up; Parker says DC 33 leaders declined to negotiate today; protesters block Eakins Oval
Trash has continued to pile up around Philadelphia ahead of July Fourth celebrations as the strike by AFSCME District Council ...
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 ...
Kelsey Parker urges fans to 'be kind' as she shares poignant update following loss of third child
The podcaster revealed last month that her unborn son, her first child with partner Will Lindsay, had tragically been ‘born ...