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9,000+ Philadelphia City Employees Are On Strike
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 July 1, 2025 | STRIKES | Greg Boulware, president of District Council 33 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, called for an immediate and indefinite work stoppage of the more than 9,000 municipal employees he represents after contract negotiations with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration fell apart late Monday night. Boulware’s decision kicks off the first major strike of city workers since the DC 33 “trash strike” in 1986, and this year’s iteration may have much in common with that year’s three-week shutdown, which saw garbage piling up at city-designated drop-off centers in the summer heat. Boulware’s move dramatically increases the stakes of the already-tense negotiations between Parker’s team and DC 33, the lowest-paid of Philly’s four major municipal unions… Philadelphia Inquirer
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