The Trash Strike of 1986

This week we thought it would be a good chance to talk about the importance of sanitation workers in Philadelphia. Among the many side effects of Covid has been a noticeable slow-down in our trash collection services right now. Some of the old timers are particularly nervous about the lingering piles of trash -- because they’ve seen it before. Mountains of garbage piled twenty foot high, oozing putrid goo leaking into the street, and an odor they would never forget...  Join us now as we reminisce about the 1986 philadelphia sanitation workers strike.