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Illegal trash dumping overwhelming North Philly street despite end of strike
Residents of a North Philadelphia street are grappling with a sudden surge in illegal dumping, which has transformed their ...
Dumpsters leave, cameras go up as Philadelphia phases out neighborhood trash drop-off sites
As they phase out the neighborhood trash drop-off sites, the city of Philadelphia is now taking extra precautions to try to ...
Republic Services, union workers return to mediation amid trash strike
Republic Services and Teamsters union workers will meet with a federal mediator Friday as the contract standoff enters its ...
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How to Make Less Trash in Philly
The surprising and easy ways to shrink your weekly piles of trash and recycling, including composting, bespoke recycling and ...
Why did 9,000 of Philadelphia’s municipal workers go on strike?
A tentative agreement has put a stop to the piles of trash left by striking sanitation workers, but whether union members ...
Piles of trash, pickets, and public addresses: Scenes from the DC 33 strike
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of AFSCME District Council 33, reached an agreement early Wednesday, ...
How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from historical labor disputes in the city
As the Philadelphia municipal worker strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage ...