Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University, believes District Council 33 got the best deal it could with.

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.

The BriefThe City of Philadelphia and District Council 33 have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.The agreement ends a crippling strike that brought Philadelphia's sanitation department to a pause.