Hundreds of blue-collar municipal workers took to the streets Wednesday afternoon to demand that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter settle a pair of outstanding union contracts. They intend to resume the protest Thursday.
Members of AFSME District Council 47 and District Council 33, who have worked without a contract since 2009, say Nutter doesn't want to change that.
To highlight their disgust with his administration, employees blocked off a section of 17th Street in front of the Westin Hotel, where a U.S. Conference of Mayors event hosted by Nutter is set for Thursday and Friday. Read more here…
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