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,

AFSCME District Council 33, which represents more than 9,000 city workers, went on strike at midnight June 30, impacting city services including trash and recycling collections, street and water repairs and maintenance, libraries and public pools, airport custodial services, licenses and inspections and public health services.

A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day. Trash continued to pile up Thursday in some areas, and a judge ordered more than 30 Medical Examiner’s Office staffers back to work because of a growing backlog of bodies in storage.