US EditionPhilly Medical Examiner's Office Employees Ordered to Return to Work Due to Amount of Bodies in Storage
- On Thursday, more than 30 employees of the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office were called in to work to address an increasing backlog of bodies stored on-site.
- The order came after District Council 33 initiated a strike on Tuesday, demanding improved wages and enhanced benefits amid ongoing stalled contract talks.
- Thousands of striking District Council 33 members have disrupted services, causing trash piles and prompting the city to create 63 temporary garbage drop-off sites.
- Mayor Cherelle Parker stated that the city presented a three-year contract proposal featuring raises totaling over 13%, marking the largest first-term wage increase in three decades, but the union declined the offer.
- The continued strike is straining city resources and operations, as legal actions ordered some workers back while negotiations remain unresolved as of Thursday afternoon.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Philadelphia union strike has extended into a third day today.
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A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day. Trash continued to pile up Thursday in some areas, and a judge ordered more than 30 Medical Examiner’s Office staffers back to work because of a growing backlog of bodies in storage.
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Philly officials moved a temporary trash collection site at 18th and Catharine streets after viral images of overflowing garbage circulated on Reddit, Twitter and TikTok. Another location in Chestnut Hill disappeared.
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