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Philly trashmen strike: city’s largest union criticizing “scabs” who are stepping up

Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:07 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
73005 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:07 pm
Background: Philadelphia households are not getting their trash picked up by municipal services due to an ongoing strike.

People are offering to transport garbage for a fee. The union got wind of this and is publically shaming/doxxing the folks offering the service

Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
73005 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:09 pm to
Posted by Boomdaddy65201
BoCoMo
Member since Mar 2020
4071 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:16 pm to


quote:

Philly AFL-CIO
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
2858 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:17 pm to
Unions are a disease. Protect the lazy and bad employees at the expense of the good ones
Posted by LSUneaux
Metairie and MAGA AF
Member since Mar 2014
4783 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:22 pm to
frick unions. Sounds like a great opportunity for someone to come up with an app like Uber trash or something and make a shite load of money.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155309 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:24 pm to
Gotta love the arrogance of “we aren’t gonna pick up your trash” coupled with “but we don’t want anybody else to do it either though.”
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103094 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:29 pm to
The answer should then be to drop off the trash at the AFLCIO offices.


If they don’t want to pick it up and don’t want anyone else disposing of it, let em have it.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19419 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:39 pm to
Whether or not you agree or disagree with unions, this is the outcome of economic problems.

Once the cost of everything goes up and the pay for jobs doesn’t increase, the workers paychecks only go so far.

While i agree that unions are an issue, i also see the side of it where the workers eventually have to say, it’s becoming impossible to pay bills on what we make.
Posted by HoboDickCheese
The overpass
Member since Sep 2020
13570 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:45 pm to
Average salary is 34k+
Top earner is 52k+

For picking up trash… frick them
Posted by TigerIron
Member since Feb 2021
3806 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:47 pm to
quote:

People are offering to transport garbage for a fee. The union got wind of this and is publically shaming/doxxing the folks offering the service


I will be disappointed if this does not become the plot of an episode of It's Always Sunny.

Also, "The Philadelphia Trashmen" should be the mascot of all sports franchises in that city.
Posted by T_don
Abbeville
Member since Dec 2019
427 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:52 pm to
The frickin smell bruh
Posted by EastWestConnection
Denver/Shenzhen/Belfast
Member since Jul 2024
1107 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:56 pm to
Rumor is that Joey Merlino is behind this strike, not sure how real that is
Posted by coonass27
shreveport
Member since Mar 2008
3755 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:57 pm to
Didn’t Dennis and Mac solve this once before?
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
5541 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 10:11 pm to
Im more surprised that the landfills are accepting the trash, than people taking advantage of the situation to make money. The American way.
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
24717 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 10:38 pm to
Anybody with a truck and trailer could absolutely clean up like that. $10 a house. You could make thousands a day if you do it right.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103094 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 11:57 pm to
quote:

Also, "The Philadelphia Trashmen" should be the mascot of all sports franchises in that city.


Posted by Rds21275
Member since Sep 2024
166 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 12:10 am to
This post was edited on 7/8/25 at 12:48 am
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
23459 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 1:05 am to
Posted by lsutiger251
Member since Oct 2022
287 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 5:57 am to
Excellent pull
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21412 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 6:11 am to
I buy a pass for $30 to our transfer station and make dump runs every other week. Sometimes the trash piles up and I only have one can that is picked up weekly. We also have plenty of private trash haulers out here so don’t worry about unions.
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