The Nation - News from July 3, 1986
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Mayor W. Wilson Goode of Philadelphia called for renewed labor negotiations and vowed to press on with the city’s Fourth of July celebration despite a strike by more than 15,000 municipal employees. “I feel the unions have a right to express themselves, to demonstrate, to picket; that is one of those rights that we have under our Constitution,” Goode said. “But the people of this city also have a right to this celebration.” Goode said that security would be increased to “ensure that people are safe.”
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