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Negotiations resume between AFSCME District Council 33, Mayor Parker's administration on Day 5 of strike
No deal was reached between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration after ...
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DC 33 strike enters day 7 of strike; negotiations to resume tomorrow
As District Council 33 enters the 7th day of their strike, negotiations are set to resume on Tuesday. Throughout the past ...
DC 33 Strike Day 6: Trash pile-up update
It is day six of the District Council 33 strike and the tensions and the frustrations, keep rising along with the trash, and ...
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DC 33 Strike Enters 6th Day After Union and City Fail To Reach Deal
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's day 6 of the strike and this is still no deal between AFSCME District Council 33 and the City of ...
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“Treat our workers like trash and we bring the trash to them”; Activists arrested after City Hall sit-in amid DC 33 strike
Three people have been arrested after staging a sit-in and dumping trash at City Hall to fight for fair wages amid the ...
Philadelphians take to social media to gripe about the DC 33 strike and the resulting ‘Parker piles’
Philadelphians take to social media to gripe about the DC 33 strike and the resulting ‘Parker piles’ In the middle of a very ...
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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 ...
Recap: DC 33 members struck by car, LL COOL J, Jazmine Sullivan support union
AFSCME District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest blue collar workers union, went on strike on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, ...
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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 ...
DC 33 made concessions in 1992. Decades of resentment since led to Philadelphia’s current city worker strike.
Many AFSCME DC 33 members have been itching for the union to take a dramatic stand against the city ever since then-Mayor ...