DC-33 members still have to vote on tentative agreement
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AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for eight days.
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After more than eight days spent striking for higher wages and better benefits as trash collection and other Philadelphia city services ground to a halt, members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 will vote next week to finalize the union’s tentative contract agreement with Mayor Cherelle L.
Philly’s AFSCME DC 33 union reached a tentative deal, but members have through July 20 to vote on whether to ratify it. Trash pickup and other city services resume July 14.
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.
The strike lasted eight days and four hours before a deal was reached for a new contract. There are still some lingering questions about what's next.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's day 6 of the strike and this is still no deal between AFSCME District Council 33 and the City of Philadelphia. "We are the union - the mighty mighty union," union members chanted outside the Philadelphia Water Department on Saturday
Negotiations are set to continue in the ongoing DC 33 strike in Philadelphia, as trash piles up at several dump sites meant to alleviate residents' garbage cans in lieu of weekly trash pickup. Ross DiMattei breaks down what the city and the union are saying about labor talks before they get back to the negotiating table on Tuesday.
Negotiations are set to continue Tuesday between AFSCME District Council 33 and Philadelphia city leaders, union president Greg Boulware said. It’s<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
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.