Philadelphia, labor strike
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Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO president Danny Bauder, who was elected in 2022, went into office with the goal of making the local labor movement more united. “My role is to help us see the bigger picture,
Philadelphia's largest municipal union reaches tentative deal with Mayor Cherelle Parker, ending 8-day strike affecting 9,000 workers and city services.
Between 1,200 and 1,300 sanitation workers are part of the AFSCME strike for higher wages and other improvements. Private contractors are handling trash drop-offs during the strike.
Philadelphia’s first major city workers strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33,
It must be said plainly: the strike is in danger as long as the AFSCME bureaucrats retain control. Victory can be achieved, but only if workers take control over the strike themselves.