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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.
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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
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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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