Thousands Of City Workers On Strike In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A strike being staged by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has entered its second day. But a judge has ordered some emergency service dispatchers and essential water department employees to return to work. The judge granted the city an injunction Tuesday stating 237 out of 325 workers at the city’s 911 call center must return to work because their absence creates a “clear and present danger to threat to health, safety or welfare of the public.” The judge also ordered some water department workers back to the job because they’re essential to ensuring fresh, clean drinking water is available to residents.