Is DC 33's tentative agreement with Philadelphia a "good deal"?
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University, believes District Council 33 got the best deal it could with Philadelphia.
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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.
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.
The historic Mother African Union Church in Wilmington, Delaware, was destroyed in a fire early Sunday morning.
Two people died after a car crash involving two vehicles in Philadelphia's Juniata Park section late Saturday night.
The Philadelphia region is chasing 90 degrees with mostly sunny skies on Sunday.
Alex Smalley has a two-shot lead in the PGA Championship.
Dozens of people gathered for the 2nd annual Delaware County Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Festival.
The historic Mother African Union Church in Wilmington, Delaware, was destroyed in a fire early Sunday morning.
About 100 officers responded to the King of Prussia Mall on Saturday after a crowd tried to enter the mall and the Swatch store.
Two people died after a car crash involving two vehicles in Philadelphia's Juniata Park section late Saturday night.
The Philadelphia region is chasing 90 degrees with mostly sunny skies on Sunday.
Alex Smalley has a two-shot lead in the PGA Championship.
Two people died after a car crash involving two vehicles in Philadelphia's Juniata Park section late Saturday night.
Dozens of people gathered for the 2nd annual Delaware County Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Festival.
The PGA Championship has bumped up its prize fund by $1.5 million.
About 100 officers responded to the King of Prussia Mall on Saturday after a crowd tried to enter the mall and the Swatch store.
Two people were injured after a shooting in a McDonald's parking lot in Allentown Friday night, police say.
Thousands of people across the country came together Saturday to remember the lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau.
The PrideFest parade Saturday will cross state lines, starting in Lambertville and ending in New Hope, where a full festival celebrates the reason for the season.
A recent college graduate in New Jersey is warning others to look for these red flags after she received a fake job offer.
As the Delaware Valley happily leaves a snowy winter behind, many can hardly wait to hit the Jersey Shore for Memorial Day weekend.
For the first time ever, the World Cup final will host a Super Bowl-style halftime show, with megawatt headliners Madonna, Shakira and BTS.
A Delaware man is in custody after he barricaded himself and started a fire inside a Wawa store on Limestone Road, police say.
A New Castle County, Delaware, refinery is starting repairs that could increase its sulfur dioxide emissions levels past permitted limits.
At 108 years old, Susan Young Browne still exercises, drives and visits the Dover, Delaware, senior center she's been a member of for more than 50 years.
Delaware State University students are taking off from Chandelle Airport in Dover as they work to become future Army aviators.
Crews were called out to the 2000 block of North Harrison Street for a reported blaze at a three-story building.
NAMI Montgomery County is hosting a mental health awareness and fundraising walk for the organization's free mental health programs.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
Doctors in New Jersey say an illness known as CHS that affects cannabis users is on the rise.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
The 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club is a huge boost for Pottstown, Pennsylvania-based Lessen the Loads.
Bars and restaurants in Newtown Square are gearing up for an influx of customers as the 2026 PGA Championship is here.
If you dine out in Philadelphia during the 2026 FIFA World Cup events, you could end up paying more.
Bimbo Bakeries USA employs over 20,000 people and has been headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, for the past 17 years.
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A Delaware woman died in a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 in South Philadelphia Tuesday night while her 4-year-old daughter was in the backseat, state police said.
A serious crash in Hainesport, New Jersey, forced Route 38 to close Thursday night.
The ramp from Front Street to northbound I-95 and the ramp from southbound I-95 to Front Street will reopen the afternoon of May 8 until the morning of May 11.
Breeze Airways launched its first flights out of Atlantic City International Airport just days after Spirit Airlines shut down suddenly.
The sudden shutdown of Spirit Airlines is having an outsized impact on Atlantic City International Airport, where the budget carrier accounted for about 75% of all flights.
Alex Smalley has a two-shot lead in the PGA Championship.
Cristopher Sánchez struck out a career-high 13 and earned his second career shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0.
The PGA Championship has bumped up its prize fund by $1.5 million.
Kyle Schwarber is on a hot streak and so are the Philadelphia Phillies.
Kyle Schwarber hit his majors-leading 19th and 20th home runs of the season and Philadelphia rallied past Pittsburgh 11-9 in 10 innings.
Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss announced the 2026 Tony nominees for select categories on "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday.
If you dine out in Philadelphia during the 2026 FIFA World Cup events, you could end up paying more.
Call Your Mother, a Washington D.C. based bagel and deli chain, now has the keys to Metropolitan's Rittenhouse Square location.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is embracing a statue it once kept at arm's length.
The "Dog Days Are Over" for the Flyers, but their return to the playoffs comes at the cost of the Florence + the Machine concert.
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Middle school students in Philadelphia got the opportunity to do hands-on learning during the school district's five-day career and technical camp.
With her Girl Talk mentoring program, one Philadelphia teen turned her camp days into a safe space to discuss social issues young girls face every day.
Recent high school graduate Sylvain Farrell says his temporary position at a local clinic is the pathway to a full-time career.
A Philadelphia student won an award from NFL Films for his documentary on bringing back sports teams at his Kensington school.
A group of East Norriton eighth graders took what started as an Earth Day project and made a whole initiative.
United States military personnel were honored at Day 3 of the PGA Championship on Armed Forces Day. A ceremony was held before players teed off that included a military flyover at Aronimink Golf Club.
Hundreds of mail-in ballots sent in by Philadelphia voters are at risk of not being counted due to errors, according to the Philadelphia City Commissioners office.
Planning a getaway? On this week's Pet Project, Pennsylvania SPCA animal advocate Carol Erickson shares how to keep your dog's stress level down when you're packing up.
High temperatures will soar into the 90s Sunday and kick off the Delaware Valley's first potential heat wave of the year. After a stretch of hot weather, temps take a nose dive heading into the weekend.
Shorts, sandals, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Sums up Sunday! Andrew Kozak reports.