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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 ...
Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers
Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day.
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No, Philly, You Can’t Fire Mayor Parker Amid the Stenchful Strike
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Mayor Cherelle Parker wants striking city workers to see the big picture of what she’s done for them. So far, it isn’t working.
As the clock was nearing midnight last Monday, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker called union president Greg Boulware in a final bid ...
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 ...
Philadelphia Trash Piles Up as Garbage Workers’ Strike Drags On
Philadelphia’s streets and sidewalks are piling up with garbage after the union of municipal employees went on strike in a ...
It’s past time for both sides to find a way to end Philadelphia’s contentious trash strike | Editorial
As a first step, Mayor Parker and her counterpart at the negotiating table, Greg Boulware, president of AFSCME District ...
Philadelphia strike at the crossroads: Workers must form rank-and-file committees to take the offensive!
It must be said plainly: the strike is in danger as long as the AFSCME bureaucrats retain control. Victory can be achieved, ...
A Trashy Fourth of July in Philadelphia
A city worker strike puts a stop to regular garbage collection.