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Philadelphia’s first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33,
Here's a timeline breaking down everything we know so far about the labor talks between District Council 33 and the city of.
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FOX 29 News Philadelphia on MSNDistrict Council 33 president on end of strike, new contract: 'I'm still quite frustrated'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.
The deal includes a new three-year contract coupled with the one-year contract extension and a 14% pay increase over the next four years.
Here is the latest on day eight of the District Council 33 strike as no deal with the City of Philadelphia has been reached yet.
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FOX 29 News Philadelphia on MSNDistrict Council 33 reaches tentative contract agreement with City of PhiladelphiaThe 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.
AFSCME District Council 33 represents a wide swath of city employees who perform manual labor and skilled trades.
Earlier Friday, sources told CBS News Philadelphia that the union was working through the holiday weekend on a counter-proposal to the city's latest offer.