Nothing like the smell of a sanitation worker strike in the summer time-Philadelphia

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Ah yes nothing like the smell of stinky uncollected trash on hot summer day on a hot concrete side walk. Philadelphia municipal workers on strike which include sanitation workers. The city designated certain areas to take one's trash.

Apparently not being picked up fast enough and reports of contractors taking advantage dumping their commercial trash with municipal residential trash.

Trash mountains, "unbelievable" stench take over Philadelphia as municipal workers' strike continues

This is a gamble by the union hoping to use the smell to pressure residents to pressure the city into a contract they want but it could back fire with fed up residents demanding trash removal by any means including private contractors

Probably holiday festivities that could be ruined for residents and tourists. If the union loses the public they could lose their future to contractors and subcontractors.

This is a stinky situation to be in.
 

As Bill Clinton would say, "I feel your pain." I lived in New York City during the Sanitation Department Strike of 1975. Matter of fact, it was 50 years ago this month. It didn't last that long, but there was so much garbage piled up, it took a while to collect it all. Walking down a street in the dead of summer, there was so much stink in the air. You literally had to pull your tee shirt up a little, to cover your nose. And of course there were both mice and rats of all sizes.
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Let it rot.
I don't know what the union wants. But I don't have sympathy for unions(and the members) in general. In my career life, I never joined any union, never worried about my job security, never have problem getting pay raise or getting a better paying job... only because I was a capable professional.
 
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There was a sad news report about a young man that was murdered and left to lie in the street for several hours because employees of the Coroner’s office were also out on strike.

https://6abc.com/amp/post/retrieval...3-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/

Sadly, there are usually no winners in a labor dispute but that’s the system that we choose to operate under.

“Don't hate the players; change the game.”
- Steve Harvey
 
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Let it rot.
I don't know what the union wants. But I don't have sympathy for unions(and the members) in general. In my career life, I never joined any union, never worried about my job security, never have problem getting pay raise or getting a better paying job... only because I was a capable professional.
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It's probably a closed shop ie must join.

Alot of times the membership is at the mercy of the leadership trying to make a point. I'm sure most members would rather be working than missing pay. Thought I saw where they were offered a 15% increase over several years. That's nothing to sneeze at.

And many government jobs come with generous/cheap benefit packages. It used to be more or less an accepted fact that one wouldn't get rich working for government but they would get good benefit others had to pay for. Now many expect great pay and benefits.

When one is offered a raise take it because that becomes your new base pay so the next raise will be even higher.

I live in a town without municipal trash pick-up. They give you a list or recommend companies the resident pays for trash removal directly. Trash removal is one of those jobs that could easily phased out and given to contractors.
 
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