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1986 Philadelphia Municipal Strike
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Labor Jawn
1986 Philadelphia Municipal Strike
Aug 04, 2025
Episode 80
Philadelphia's municipal workers have had to fight hard for a decent wage and basic benefits. After 3 years of setbacks and wage freezes, in 1986 their struggle pitted thousands of city workers, led by Earl Stout, the larger than life president of AFSCME District Council 33, against Wilson Goode, the city's embattled mayor.
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