Does Using a City Dumpster Make You a Scab?

As the strike by District Council 33 stretches into a second week, the garbage situation in the city is only getting worse. Since residential garbage pick-up is suspended while sanitation and other city workers hit the picket lines, the city has set up dozens of dumpsters around the city. But does taking your own trash to a city dumpster make you a scab? That’s an argument union supporters are making. Matt Katz, executive producer of City Cast Philly, sits down with Danny Bauder, president of Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, which counts DC 33 as a member, to ask about scabs, contract negotiations, and when (and how) this strike will finally end. 

This episode was released on July 9 at 3 a.m., just before District Council 33 and the city announced a preliminary agreement to end the strike.

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