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‘They are my people’: Mayor Cherelle Parker on why she stood firm in the DC 33 city worker strike
During Philadelphia’s divisive eight-day city worker strike that ended early Wednesday morning with a tentative contract ...
District Council 33 members to begin voting on contract agreement with Philadelphia
Members of Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union will begin voting on the tentative contract with the city. That agreement ...
Philadelphia strike over as DC 33, city reach tentative deal; trash pickup to resume Monday
AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for ...
Members of District Council 33 set to vote on new contract. Will they approve it?
Philadelphia's largest labor union, AFSCME District Council 33, is getting ready to cast votes to decide if a new contract will be ratified.
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Why the agreement struck between DC 33 and the city isn't a done deal yet
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 ...
How the AFSCME DC 33 strike exposed fault lines in Philly’s labor movement
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO president Danny Bauder, who was elected in 2022, went into office with the goal of making the ...
Neighbors say illegal dumping of trash still a problem after DC 33 strike ended
Trash pickup is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on Monday after the DC 33 strike ended, but neighbors say some people are ...
District Council 33 president on end of strike: 'I'm still quite frustrated'
District Council 33 President Greg Boulware voiced his frustrations with the city leaders about a new union contract that ...