Deal reached to end DC33 strike in Philadelphia
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A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash pickup and affected other services,
AFSCME District Council 33 went on strike at midnight June 30. The strike ended with promises of pay raises for the city's blue collar workers.
After beginning their strike a week ago, DC 33 members are still on the picket line calling for higher pay increases.
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Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day.
As the Philadelphia workers union strike continues, a judge approved injunctions the city filed for 911 and airport dispatchers to return to work.
Here's a timeline breaking down everything we know so far about the labor talks between District Council 33 and the city of.
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Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia.
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University and a labor historian, has been researching Philadelphia unions for years. He said DC 33's deal was probably the best one it could get.