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The parade also served as the opening event for the nine-day Festival of Trees, also benefiting CHoA, and originally held at the Georgia World Congress Center. [8] [9] Even though the Festival of Trees left its longtime home in 2007, [10] the Children's Christmas Parade remained in downtown Atlanta continuing a nearly three-decade Atlanta tradition.
In her video, Dey said that her local sanitation workers had left her a Christmas card back in November, which her father-in-law informed her meant that the workers expected a tip for the holidays ...
The host/storyteller of those earlier days was Bob van Camp of WSB Atlanta radio and television, and once the organist at the Fox Theatre. The ceremony, in those days, was based on the reading of the traditional birth of Christ, i.e. the "Christmas Story", unlike today's more generic "holiday" themes and music. [11] Over the years the crowds grew.
The Atlanta sanitation strike of 1977 was a labor strike involving sanitation workers in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Precipitated by wildcat action in January, on March 28 the local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) agreed to strike. The main goal of the strike was a $0.50 hourly wage ...
When FOX 5 contacted the Atlanta-based contractor, they said they were investigating the matter and working to rectify it. While that played out, another issue arose from the rubble.
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The 2018 Atlanta sanitation strike was a labor strike involving 120 sanitation workers for Republic Services in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The workers, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, went on strike on August 10, 2018, with the strike ending later that day. Several days later, the union and company reached an ...
On March 23, Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed a 14-day stay-at-home order to direct all city residents to stay at home except for performing essential tasks through April 7. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This followed a city-wide state of emergency on March 15 prohibiting "large public gatherings of more than 250 people" [ 10 ] and a March 20 order for ...