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Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration and AFCME DC 33 met for the second time since the strike began. There’s still no deal.
Union president Greg Boulware stepped out of a conference room in a community college campus in West Philadelphia and sat ...
Negotiations resume between AFSCME District Council 33, Mayor Parker's administration on Day 5 of strike
Negotiations between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration resumed Saturday.
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LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philly's July 4th concert due to DC 33 strike
LL Cool J says he won't be performing at Philadelphia's 4th of July celebration concert as long as the strike is ongoing with ...
Free Library branches are closed amid the DC 33 strike
Almost all Free Library branches shut down Tuesday, as librarians resisted crossing picket lines. Most other library workers ...
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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 ...
Recap: DC 33 members struck by car, LL COOL J, Jazmine Sullivan support union
NBC10 spoke with Giovanetti on Thursday, July 3 which marked the third full day District Council 33 workers were on strike ...
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 ...
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LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan drop out of 4th of July concert due to DC 33 strike
LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan, the headliners for Philadelphia's 4th of July celebration concert, have dropped out amid an ...
2 Philadelphia sanitation workers struck by vehicle while picketing during DC 33 strike, police say
Two sanitation workers who were on the picket line in the ongoing District Council 33 union strike were hit by a vehicle in ...
DC 33 strike against Philly drags on as busy 4th of July holiday looms
Mayor Cherelle Parker advised city workers on strike to return to the bargaining table to work out an agreement as the many ...
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Why is DC 33 union on strike? LL Cool J says he won't perform in Philadelphia due to ongoing walkout
Rapper and actor LL Cool J has stepped back from his July 4, 2025, concert on the Parkway at the Art Museum. This was part of ...
Protesters hit the Parkway and contract talks stall as DC 33 strike continues
As Mayor Cherelle L. Parker prepared to take the podium Thursday atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, members of ...