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Philly’s city worker strike ends after Mayor Cherelle Parker strikes deal with AFSCME District Council 33
Philadelphia’s first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and ...
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AFSCME District Council 33 and city leaders in Philadelphia reach tentative agreement
The deal includes a new three-year contract coupled with the one-year contract extension and a 14% pay increase over the next ...
Philadelphia Strike Ends: Race & Inequality at Center of Municipal Workers’ Fight for a Fair Wage
The largest municipal workers’ strike in decades in the city of Philadelphia has ended after 9,000 members of AFSCME District ...
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Striking Philadelphia sanitation workers expected to return to negotiating table
Between 1,200 and 1,300 sanitation workers are part of the AFSCME strike for higher wages and other improvements. Private ...
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, ...