by This summer, an undesirable sight is spreading around Philadelphia, a city that proudly showcases its gritty side from the Liberty Bell to the Rocky Steps: mounds of trash.
On Tuesday, the main public sector union in Philadelphia began its second week of a strike that has disrupted garbage collection and numerous other services in the sixth most populous city in the US.
Municipal agencies have been compelled to reduce programming due to the contract deadlock between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33, which represents around 9,000 municipal employees, including 1,000 sanitation workers.
In addition to closing several of its public libraries and warning of lengthy repair timeframes in the event of a street cave-in or water main break, the city has suspended others.
On the day of their regular scheduled pickup, residents can drop off up to eight bags per family at over 60 temporary collection locations established by the city, but nothing could prepare them for the stink of overflowing rubbish.
In an interview on Tuesday, Frankie Olivieri, the proprietor of Pat’s King of Steaks, one of Philadelphia’s oldest cheesesteak vendors, claimed that the smell was so strong that he had taken to the shore to get some fresh air.
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