Timeline of District Council 33 strike, labor talks with city of Philadelphia
Here's a timeline breaking down everything we know so far about the labor talks between District Council 33 and the city of Philadelphia.
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Here's a timeline breaking down everything we know so far about the labor talks between District Council 33 and the city of Philadelphia.
AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for eight days days. Ross DiMattei reports.
Mayor Cherelle Parker was not at a press conference Monday discussing the ongoing DC 33 strike, which is causing trash to pile up around the city.
After beginning their strike in Philadelphia a week ago, DC 33 members are still on the picket line calling for higher pay increases.
Negotiations are set to continue on Tuesday between District Council 33 and the Parker administration, union president Greg Boulware said
District Council 33 and the Parker administration last negotiated for hours on Saturday, but the two sides weren't able to make a deal.
At the dumpster at Broad Street and Snyder Avenue in South Philly, the trash is overflowing and spilling into the street and sidewalk.
Sanitation workers have been on strike for six days now District Council 33 pushes for pay increases for their roughly nine thousand members.
Earlier Friday, sources told CBS News Philadelphia that the union was working through the holiday weekend on a counter-proposal to the city's latest offer.
Two sanitation workers who were on the picket line in the ongoing District Council 33 union strike were hit by a vehicle in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section.
With negotiations at a standstill, the big question remains: How will Philadelphia clean up a potential mess after the concert and fireworks?
Negotiations have stalled between Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration and leaders of AFSCME District Council 33, which represents sanitation workers, 911 dispatchers and others. CBS News Philadelphia was there when crews started moving trash at one of the drop-off sites.
Attorneys for the city said cooled storage for cadavers is getting crowded, and death investigators and technicians should return to work.
Trash piles are growing as Philadelphia's sanitation workers are on strike, along with thousands of other blue-collar workers who belong to AFSCME District Council 33.
Carnell Wilder, 59, is being charged with institutional vandalism and other charges, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.
Sanitation workers in Philadelphia are on strike, and residential trash will not be picked up during the work stoppage.
The city is working quickly to ease the impact, rolling out 63 temporary drop-off sites to help residents manage waste while sanitation workers remain off the job.
The city said the strike is posing unacceptable threats to public safety as more than 9,000 AFSCME District Council 33 workers walked off the job.
Core services like water treatment are continuing, but response times will decrease for water main breaks and fire hydrant issues.
After the latest marathon with the city, which ended without a deal, Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union is moving toward going on strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
Workers with District Council 33 could walk off the job Tuesday, stopping residential trash pickup in Philadelphia and affecting several other services in the city. Reporter Nikki DeMentri has the latest from City Hall.
District Council 33 represents about 9,000 city employees, including sanitation, water, police dispatch and street department workers, as well as many airport maintenance crews. The union is pushing for higher pay and stronger health care benefits.
Philadelphia officials and representatives of AFSCME District Council 33 are set to continue negotiating Sunday as a strike looms.
AFSCME District Council 33, the largest union representing blue-collar city workers in Philadelphia, says talks with city officials are set to continue Sunday. If a deal is not reached, workers could strike Tuesday morning.
Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union said negotiations with the city will continue Sunday.
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Everyone is expected to be OK after a crash involving a Smart car and a Philadelphia police patrol vehicle, police said.
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Everyone is expected to be OK after a crash involving a Smart car and a Philadelphia police patrol vehicle, police said.
Everyone is expected to be OK after a crash involving a Smart car and a Philadelphia police patrol vehicle, police said.
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Philadelphia police say a man was shot and killed at an apartment building on the 2800 block of Hope Street Friday morning.
The City of Philadelphia is renaming a street near Overbrook for Jayanna Powell, as the push builds for a hit-and-run notification system.
A 63-year-old Philadelphia man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for threatening to kill a Pennsylvania election official in 2024, officials said.
City council in Ocean City voted in favor of redeveloping the site of the shuttered Gillian's Wonderland Pier Thursday night.
Lumberton Township, New Jersey, Mayor Gina LaPlaca was indicted on child abuse charges Thursday, officials said.
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said he was readying a plan that would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years.
The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said Justford Doe and Giovanni Varanese were charged with first-degree murder and other charges for the deaths of two men on Nov. 5.
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Federal prosecutors say a Delaware man, Luqmaan Khan, had plans to attack the University of Delaware police department.
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The NEXT Weather team is looking ahead to snow and rain in the forecast for the Philadelphia area this week.
The NEXT Weather team is looking ahead to more snow and rain in the forecast for the Philadelphia area this week.
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A crash involving a tractor-trailer and a van closed I-295 north near the Route 70 exit in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Wednesday.
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Road and sidewalk closures are coming to Logan Circle in Philadelphia so crews can make improvements.
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