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The strike lasted eight days and four hours before a deal was reached for a new contract. There are still some lingering questions about what's next.
Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME District Council 33 members.
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University and a labor historian, has been researching Philadelphia unions for years. He said DC 33's deal was probably the best one it could get.
The latest court order concerns airport emergency response workers. In the union's last major work stoppage in 1986, sanitation workers were ultimately ordered back to work by a judge.
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FOX 29 News Philadelphia on MSNPhilly prepares all pools for opening after closures, delays due to DC 33 strikePhiladelphians faced with the ongoing strike was a way to beat the heat. The city planned on opening close to 60 pools this summer season, but some gates were locked when lifeguards joined the picket lines.
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LL Cool J says he won't be performing at Philadelphia's 4th of July celebration concert as long as the strike is ongoing with District Council 33.
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WPHL Philadelphia on MSN“Can’t treat our workers like trash or we bring the trash to them”; Activists arrested after City Hall sit-in amid DC 33 strikeThree people have been arrested after staging a sit-in and dumping trash at City Hall to fight for fair wages amid the ongoing District Council 33 strike. The activists, who are
Sorry, rats. The “Parker piles” are about to disappear. 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,