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The strike in Philadelphia involving the city's largest municipal workers' union is over. Here's what to know about the ...
District Council 33 President Greg Boulware voiced his frustrations with the city leaders about a new union contract that ...
Director of Clean and Green Initiatives Carlton Williams joined Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the end of the District ...
Workers will have to vote on the deal reached on the ninth day of the Philadelphia strike before it is official.
AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for ...
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University, believes District Council 33 got the best deal it could with.
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of AFSCME District Council 33, reached an agreement early Wednesday, ...
While Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders celebrated the end of the District Council 33 strike on Wednesday, union bosses remained dejected about the outcome.
Philadelphia City services are gradually returning now that District Council 33 tentatively agreed to a new contract ...
Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME ...
In the wee hours of Wednesday, District Council 33 officials and the City of Philadelphia reached a tentative contract agreement. The union has yet to vote on it.
Sarah Giskin is a Former AFSCME DC 47 & Unity Caucus Member. The following article was written while the strike was on-going.