DC33’s workers are back on the job, doing what they do to keep the city running but they are still underpaid, overworked, and unappreciated by the people who sign their paychecks.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/philadelphia-strike-aftermath-vote/
#Solidarity with #municipalworkers!
The #sanitationworkers start at $45k yet the #Philadelphia mayor gave herself a 9% raise and created ~15 positions at > $150k salary.
Philadelphia's largest city workers' union is on strike for the first time in nearly 40 years on Tuesday after a deal couldn't be reached with the city. AFSCME District Council 33, which represents thousands of city workers, including trash collectors and police dispatchers, is walking off the job after negotiations didn't end in a deal. The union last went on a strike in 1986.
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/philadelphia-strike-afscme-municipal-workers
#AFSCME #municipalworkers #Philadelphia #solidarity #strike #Unions
AFSCME District Council 33 represents the blue-collar city workers who make Philadelphia run. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they’re on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve.
For the first time since 1986, #Philadelphia #AFSCME DC 33 is going on #strike. The #union represents thousands of #bluecollar city workers (including street pavers and sanitation workers) and is the city’s largest—and lowest paid— #municipalworkers union.
The strike will begin at 12:01am on July 1st.
Peter Riley
