DC 33, Philadelphia and ratified Boulware
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Representatives for striking Philadelphia municipal workers reached a tentative new deal with the city on Wednesday, Day 9 of a strike that halted door-to-door trash pickup, closed several municipal pools and left several other city departments without workers.
Some unions had to balance supporting the striking AFSCME DC 33 workers with maintaining their relationships with Mayor Cherelle Parker.
Thousands of District Council 33 workers are back on the job for the second day. Now that the strike is over, city services like pools and public libraries are slowly returning to normal.
Trash pickup is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on Monday after the DC 33 strike ended, but neighbors say some people are still dropping off garbage.
A labor professor says it's probably the best the union could do at this time, but he's not sure the members will vote to ratify it.
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Negotiations are set to continue Tuesday between AFSCME District Council 33 and Philadelphia city leaders, union president Greg Boulware said.It’s still unclear ...
The latest court order concerns airport emergency response workers. In the union's last major work stoppage in 1986, sanitation workers were ultimately ordered back to work by a judge.