Could DC 33 go back on strike if union doesn't ratify tentative agreement?
District Council 33 President Greg Boulware wouldn't recommend that union members vote in favor of or against the tentative agreement made with the Parker administration.
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District Council 33 President Greg Boulware wouldn't recommend that union members vote in favor of or against the tentative agreement made with the Parker administration.
The strike in Philadelphia involving the city's largest municipal workers' union is over. Here's what to know about the tentative agreement.
AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for eight days.
With the Philadelphia union workers' strike over, city officials hope to open municipal pools by Monday.
Social media users shared their honest reactions to the end of the DC 33 strike in Philadelphia, from concerns about delayed trash pickup to relief that cleanup can now begin. Marcella Baietto shares the highlights.
Philadelphia's largest blue-collar workers union has reached a tentative agreement with the city, ending the strike. Now, residents say they hope the trash in their neighborhoods is cleaned up quickly.
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University, believes District Council 33 got the best deal it could with Philadelphia.
According to MIT, Philadelphia's municipal workers earn more than $2,000 less than the living wage for a single adult in the city.
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.
