Trash piles up around Philadelphia as city worker strike reaches 1 week

Piles of trash overflowed in Philadelphia s streets as a city worker strike entered its second week Tuesday Contract talks between the city and District Council a labor union representing nearly city workers stalled Monday with no plans to reconvene negotiations FOX Philadelphia stated Citizens were seen adding trash to the massive piles that overwhelmed streets that the city has designated as temporary trash dumping sites Selected piles stretched down an entire city block creating an overwhelming stench in the summer heat the outlet disclosed It s disgusting It s making people sick one resident recounted the station HOLIDAY WEEKEND TURNS DEADLY AS GUNFIRE ERUPTS IN PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD It terrible another resident reported as he added to the garbage pile Here s our tax dollars right here we have to take out our own trash He added that the city workers on strike provide a great function and he supports their efforts They re out here in the heat messing around with people s filth They deserve it he noted referring to their demands for better wages and pensions Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has praised the city s latest offer to the workers calling it historic and fiscally responsible TEACHERS UNION BOSSES SPLIT OVER SUPREME COURT RULING ON PARENTAL RIGHTS TO SHIELD KIDS FROM LGBTQ CONTENTBut the union has so far refused to accept the offer for a fifth-tier pay scale and ability to take part in the city's billion housing plan District Council President Greg Boulware urged the city to sit down with the union and try to make specific meaningful progress though it likely would not budge on its demands for better wages and pensions We don t move easy Boulware mentioned from the picket line