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Philadelphia’s Department of Sanitation is a “few days behind” on collecting residents’ recycling as it prioritizes ...
The Philadelphia Sanitation Department says it's running behind on recycling pickup following the District Council 33 strike ...
Among the services most affected by AFSCME District Council 33’s strike is garbage and recycling collection. Even before workers hit the picket line, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced ...
Trash collection in the city of Philadelphia returned Monday for the first time in nearly two weeks after the end of District Council 33's strike. In the city's Spring Garden section, neighbors ...
Trash collection in Philly halted due to strike. Here's where to take your trash Thousands of AFSCME District Council 33 members, Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union, are now on strike.
Days after Philadelphia’s District Council 33 launched a citywide strike that halted Philadelphia’s trash collection, a meme made the rounds on social media. It featured a clip from season eight of It ...
Philly officials moved a temporary trash collection site at 18th and Catharine streets after viral images of overflowing garbage circulated on Reddit, Twitter and TikTok. Another location in ...
A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia stretched into a third day Thursday as trash piled up in some areas and more than 30 Medical Examiner’s Office staffers ...
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, AFSCME District Council 33, which represents around 9,000 of the city’s municipal workers, went on strike, impacting trash pickup and other services in Philly.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash ...
APTOPIX Philadelphia Labor Strike A man tosses trash at a garbage collection site, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (Matt Slocum/AP) ByBRUCE SHIPKOWSKI ...