As the clock was nearing midnight last Monday, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker called union president Greg Boulware in a final bid to avert Philadelphia’s first city worker strike in 39 years. Parker was still not willing to meet Boulware’s demands on 5% annual raises he was seeking to win for his members in their next contract,

Mayor Cherelle Parker is trying to end the DC33 union worker strike by Fourth of July with both the carrot and stick approaches. Here’s how.