AFSCME District Council 33 President Pete Matthews Threatened With Arrest at Job Site

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Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:37pm EDT 

AFSCME District Council 33 President Pete Matthews Threatened With Arrest at
Job Site





PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A job action by Water
Department Local 394, a local union in AFSCME District Council 33, is
continuing at a job site on Second Street between Market and Arch Streets in
Center City.


District Council 33 President Pete Matthews was initially threatened with
arrest by the Police Department at the request of the Philadelphia Water
Department when he appeared in support of Local 394 members who are refusing
to cross a picket line set up by the Carpenters union.


The Water Department later rescinded the arrest threat, but Matthews is still
at the job action and is available for interviews.






SOURCE  AFSCME District Council 33

Bob Wolper of AFSCME District Council 33, +1-215-896-2970, or +1-484-681-4324
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