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Judge orders Philadelphia 911 dispatchers to return to work amid strike
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-strike-911-dispatchers/
By Liz Crawford
July 1, 2025 / 6:00 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia
Hours into Philadelphia's largest strike in decades, a judge has sided with the city and ordered more than 200 911 dispatchers to return to work. AFSCME District Council 33, which represents thousands of city workers, including trash collectors and police dispatchers, walked off the job on Tuesday after negotiations didn't end in a deal.
Earlier Tuesday, a judge issued a preliminary injunction for the complaint after the city said the strike is posing unacceptable threats to public safety.
The complaint filed by the city Tuesday morning said there is no substitute to the 911 emergency system, and shortly after midnight Tuesday, dispatchers walked off the job in the middle of their shift.
According to the complaint, the city does not have the staff to operate the call center without trained dispatchers to avoid threats to public health, safety or welfare.
FULL story at link above.