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Mayor Cherelle Parker wants striking city workers to see the big picture of what she’s done for them. So far, it isn’t working.
As the clock was nearing midnight last Monday, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker called union president Greg Boulware in a final bid ...
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Parker delivers impassioned remarks to striking city workers
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker delivered impassioned remarks on Thursday as negotiations between the city and the largest ...
LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan Cancel Philadelphia Fest Appearances in Support of City Workers’ Strike
"There’s absolutely no way that I can perform, cross a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there ...
Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding?
So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986. For Philadelphians, ...
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Mayor Parker, unwavering in negotiations, dangles holiday pay incentive to end strike
Mayor Cherelle Parker is trying to end the DC33 union worker strike by Fourth of July with both the carrot and stick ...
What to know about the Philly blue-collar workers union strike
As the AFSCME District Council 33 continues, NBC10 takes a look at the sticking points, what's being offered and the average ...
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Mayor acknowledges strike while kicking off July 4th festivities
The latest proposal by DC 33 includes a 5% wage increase per year for three years. The City is offering 7% over 3 years, ...
LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philadelphia's July Fourth festival in support of workers strike
Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly ...
No, Mayor Parker didn’t give herself ‘a 9% raise’ — but she did dole out big raises to aides
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker rejected a false claim from striking workers that she gave herself a 9% pay raise – although her pay ...