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.

City workers strike for higher pay on Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 2, 2025. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times

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.