Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is putting it all on the line. In a fiery news conference on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Parker made clear on Thursday that she wasn't ready to capitulate in negotiations to end the ongoing city workers strike and delivered a broadside at union president Greg Boulware,

While police and firefighters are not on strike, many of the city's blue-collar workers, such as trash collectors, are, according to Reuters.

Trash piled up in parts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday (July 3) as thousands of city workers continued to go on strike.