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Philadelphia’s municipal workers are voicing anger at their unions, AFSCME District Councils 33 and 47, charging that union ...
The tentative deal between the city and AFSCME District Council 47 still needs to be approved by union members. It includes smaller pay raises than what the union initially sought.
Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders are set to discuss the details of a tentative agreement that averted a strike by District Council 47, which is Philadelphia's white-collar union.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is expected to join municipal officials to discuss the new contract with the District Council 47, which represents thousands of white-collar workers at City Hall, ...
Labor expert Francis Ryan puts the now-ended DC 33 work stoppage into context, both historically — and for Philadelphia's future ...
Philadelphia's regular trash pickup has resumed as sanitation workers return to duty and vote on a new labor contract.
When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a week-long sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...
When District Council 33 (DC33) union members went on strike, all Philadelphia Free Libraries also shut their doors.
AFSCME District Council 47 and Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, ...
The contract agreement, coupled with an extension to the last deal, would increase the pay of the city's white collar workers ...
The City of Philadelphia and District Council 47 reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract to avoid yet another strike.
Days after District Council 33 struck a tentative deal with the city, District Council 47, which represents some of ...