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LL Cool J says he won’t perform at Philadelphia’s July Fourth festival in support of workers strike
Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly ...
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 ...
Photos show trash piling up in Philadelphia amid city worker strike
AFSCME District Council 33, which represents more than 9,000 city workers, went on strike at midnight June 30, impacting city ...
Philadelphia aims to control trash pileups ahead of holiday weekend as city workers strike continues
A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day. Trash continued to pile up Thursday in ...
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 ...
Trash lines the streets of Philly as city workers strike: See photos
While police and firefighters are not on strike, many of the city's blue-collar workers, such as trash collectors, are, ...
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, ...