It's not clear whether leaders of AFSCME DC 47 are interested in joining their DC 33 colleagues on the picket line.

Negotiations are paused between DC 33 and the City of Philadelphia as the city's largest strike in nearly 40 years continues.

A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day. Trash continued to pile up Thursday in some areas, and a judge ordered more than 30 Medical Examiner’s Office staffers back to work because of a growing backlog of bodies in storage.