The 500 members of SEIU Local 668 have been negotiating for a new contract for over a year, and have been without one for nine months.

SEIU Local 668 members – who work in 911 services, IT and CYS, among other roles – are picketing outside the county's administration building in Doylestown.

AFSCME District Council 88, which falls under Council 13, represents a majority of county workers in Bucks, District Council 88 director Tom Tosti said. The county government is Bucks County's third-largest employer, with about 2,300 employees. The county did not comment publicly on contract negotiations with the union.

The union says Bucks County has insisted on large cuts to workers' health benefits. With only 117 in MLB history, an immaculate inning is rarer than a no-hitter. MLB's first 50-50 season belongs to Shohei Ohtani.

Over 300 Bucks County employees will strike Friday over health care benefits, union president Steve Catanese said Thursday. The employees work in 911, Children and Youth Services, Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home,

The union voted in July to reject the county's "Last, Best and Final Offer" with a vote of 99.6 percent against ratification.