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In wake of Philadelphia mayor’s 4th of July debacle, AFSCME city workers union drops demands to end strike as soon as possible
AFSCME District Council 33 is seeking to rapidly wind down the strike in discussions with the city while keeping its members ...
The Philadelphia Tribune2d
Council 33’s strike result of fiscal and political decisions that preceded Mayor Parker
As the city continues to negotiate with AFSCME District Council 33, the union’s first work stoppage since the 1980s continues ...
Free Library branches are closed amid the DC 33 strike
Almost all Free Library branches shut down Tuesday, as librarians resisted crossing picket lines. Most other library workers ...
District Council 33 goes on strike
District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest union, will go on strike after not reaching a deal with the City of Philadelphia.
NBC 10 Philadelphia9d
Reps for FSCME District Council 33 walk out on contract negotiations – NBC10 Philadelphia
Members of District Council 33, which represents over 9,000 city workers, have walked out of negotiations for a new contract with the city, NBC10 has learned. If no contract is reached, membership ...
Striking city workers bring protest to July 4 parade — and the union says it’s ready to bargain again
On the fourth day of the first major municipal strike in decades, District Council 33 members brought their own brigade to ...
FOX 29 News Philadelphia on MSN2d
District Council 33 workers struck by vehicle while sitting outside Philly sanitation yard: police
The BriefTwo sanitation workers were struck by a vehicle while on strike outside a Philadelphia trash site.One of the victims ...