Weve got to stick together, sisters and brothers, or else hes going to destroy all the labor in this town, said District Council 33 president Pete Matthews, whose union represents the citys trash collectors and other blue-collar workers.
Pete Matthews, president of the Philadelphia's largest municipal union, called the struggle in Wisconsin part of a larger "class war" waged by conservatives that will hurt all working people union and non-union if nothing's done to stop it.