On July 1, over 9,000 members of AFSCME's District Council 33 in Philadelphia initiated a strike, particularly affecting sanitation workers. The strike led to immense trash accumulation in the city, peaking with a tentative agreement reached at 4 a.m. on July 9. The contract vote is scheduled for July 14, with mixed reactions from union members. Mayor Cherelle Parker portrayed the tentative agreement as a victory, despite public dissatisfaction. The strike drew attention to the essential roles of blue-collar municipal workers amidst deteriorating sanitation conditions across the city.
The work stoppage entered its second week with no end in sight, but a marathon bargaining session resulted in a 4 a.m. tentative agreement between the union's leaders and the city on Wednesday, July 9.
Enormous piles of trash popped up all over the city once the workers walked out, spilling out of the city's designated temporary drop-off centers and onto the city's streets and sidewalks.
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