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Mayor Cherelle Parker has turned to nonunion city workers and sanitation trainees to help with trash removal during the DC 33 strike
To some, the nonunion city workers are relieving a messy situation. To others, they’re simply scabs caught in difficult ...
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DC 33 strike enters its second week, talks set to resume | Philly Strike Updates
City officials are enlisting the help of private contractors from across the region, as well as out of state, as the trash ...
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District Council 33 to create strike fund, seeking food and water donations
Amid the District Council 33 strike and negotiations with the City of Philadelphia, the union is seeking non-monetary ...
Sleeping on cots, 24/7 shifts, and double time: How Philly is keeping water clean during the DC 33 strike
As the strike carries into a second week, the city has relied on managers to fill essential jobs at Philadelphia's water ...
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Fire crews battle flames at 2 separate strike-related trash sites
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Fire Department was called to two fires at two separate trash dumping sites set up ...
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Philly strike: City grapples with mounds of trash as District Council 33 strike continues
Mounds of trash continued to overwhelm streets in Philadelphia on Monday as contract talks between the city and District ...
Philadelphians take to social media to gripe about the DC 33 strike and the resulting ‘Parker piles’
On any given summer day, Philadelphia’s fragrance can be a little ... ripe. Add an almost week-old strike by city employees, ...