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District Council 47 had been in negotiations with the city since April, and originally asked for 8% annual increases and a four-year deal. The union represents 6,000 supervisors and administrators in ...
District Council 47 members will still need to vote to ratify the new agreement. Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders will hold a press conference Tuesday with more on the deal.
For a moment this past week, Philadelphia was facing the potential of a second municipal worker strike on the heels of a workers strike that led to trash filled streets across the city. And though the ...
AFSCME District Council 47, the union that represents 6,000 city workers, including the Philadelphia Parking Authority and the Philadelphia Housing Authority, has reached a tentative agreement ...
District Council 47 had been negotiating with the city for a new deal for two unions, Locals 2186 and 2187, since April, and was asking for 8% increases annually over four years.
On Monday, AFSCME District Council 47, which represents about 6,000 workers at City Hall, the PPA, PHA and other city agencies, voted on whether to strike as it sought a new deal with the city.
Philadelphia has seemingly avoided a second city workers strike as District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a union that represents thousands of ...