Overview

• Nearly 10,000 members of AFSCME District Council 33 remain on strike for living-wage contracts, halting trash collection and other municipal services
• Negotiations collapsed late last week and no new bargaining sessions are scheduled as the strike enters its fourth day
• Both headliners pulled out of the Wawa Welcome America concert in solidarity but say they will perform if city and union finalize an agreement
• A Common Pleas Court judge ordered medical examiner’s office staff back to work to clear a backlog of bodies and avert health risks
• Mayor Cherelle Parker defended the city’s three-year offer with roughly 3% annual raises while expressing respect for the performers’ solidarity