Philadelphia strike over
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The city workers' strike in Philadelphia is set to end after the city and the union reached a tentative agreement, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced early Wednesday morning.
The new contract contains a miserly 9 percent wage increase, spread out over three years. This is only one percent better than the city’s initial offer.
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A union for thousands of city workers in Philadelphia has reached a deal with the city to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash pickup and other services.
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