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Philadelphia streets overflowed with trash as a city worker strike entered its second week, with negotiations with the city set to resume.
Philadelphia’s streets and sidewalks are piling up with garbage after the union of municipal employees went on strike in a city that is already facing acute budget pressures.
Piles and piles of trash sit next to a playground at 60th and Columbia in West Philadelphia amid the strike. (Photos by Victor Fiorillo) ...
Piles of trash are mounting across Philadelphia neighborhoods, including at locations not on the city's temporary drop-off list, as the DC 33 strike enters its eighth day.
Philadelphia leaders say they're bringing in reinforcements to deal with the trash problem, but say there are also some who are trying to take advantage of the strike and use the temporary drop ...
Philadelphia streets overflowed with trash as a city worker strike entered its second week, with negotiations stalling despite the mayor’s offer.
The ‘Parker piles’ of trash take their toll as residents navigate pest control and dumpster feuds in Philly's municipal workers strike ...
Bentley said if residents cannot take trash to a drop-off point, they should keep garbage in sealed containers as far away from points of entry as possible. People living near drop-off sites, where ...
On any given summer day, Philadelphia’s fragrance can be a little ... ripe. Add an almost week-old strike by city employees, including sanitation workers, and mountains of garbage lining the streets ...
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Multiple fires reported overnight at trash collection sites, police say Trash collection sites have been controversial in Philadelphia as sanitation workers are on strike. Trash piles up at a garbage ...