District Council 33 Strike Day 8 with no deal
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Philadelphia’s first major city workers strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33,
The deal includes a new three-year contract coupled with the one-year contract extension and a 14% pay increase over the next four years.
Members of District Council 33, which represents over 9,000 city workers, have walked out of negotiations for a new contract with the city, NBC10 has learned. If no contract is reached, membership ...
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WPHL Philadelphia on MSNDistrict Council 33 on strike: how it will impact Philadelphia, from public safety to trash pickupDistrict Council 33, Philadelphia’s largest blue-collar union, will possibly go on strike as union leaders walked out of negotiations just hours before the strike deadline and
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FOX 29 News Philadelphia on MSNDistrict Council 33 to create strike fund, seeking food and water donationsAmid the District Council 33 strike and negotiations with the City of Philadelphia, the union is seeking non-monetary donations.
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.
The contract, if ratified by DC 33's membership, is retroactive to July 1. After more than a week on strike and several stalled negotiation sessions, leaders of Philadelphia’s largest municipal union came to an agreement with the city, returning some 9,000 blue collar workers to the job.