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Trash Piles Up, Libraries Close as Philadelphia Workers’ Strike Enters 2nd Day

The worker’s include sanitation workers, police dispatch, and municipal water treatment employees.
Trash Piles Up, Libraries Close as Philadelphia Workers’ Strike Enters 2nd Day
City workers strike for higher pay on Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 2, 2025. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times
Stacy Robinson
Stacy Robinson
7/2/2025|Updated: 7/2/2025
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PHILADELPHIA—Members of Philadelphia’s largest city workers’ union took to the streets on Wednesday, the second day of a strike for higher pay and improved benefits.

The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 33 (DC 33) represents more than 9,000 blue-collar workers.

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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]
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