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Nearly 10,000 blue-collar employees from District Council 33 of
the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
had walked off the job July 1, seeking better pay and benefits
after failing to agree with the city on a new contract.
The tentative agreement was announced on what would have been
the ninth day of the strike.
Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the end of the strike and the
agreement with the union on social media. “The work stoppage
involving the District Council 33 and the City of Philadelphia
is OVER,” she posted.
“We have reached a tentative agreement with District Council 33,
which must be ratified by its membership on a new three-year
contract that, coupled with the one-year contract extension we
agreed to last fall, will increase DC 33 members’ pay by 14
percent over my four years in office.”
District Council 33 is the largest of four major unions
representing city workers. Its membership includes 911
dispatchers, trash collectors, water department workers and many
others. Police and firefighters weren’t part of the strike.
“The strike is over! Details forthcoming,” the union posted on
Facebook Wednesday morning.
The city had designated about 60 sites as drop-off centers for
residential trash, but some were overflowing, while striking
workers on hand asked residents not to cross the picket line.
Most libraries across the city are were closed, with support
workers and security guards off the job.
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