Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO president Danny Bauder, who was elected in 2022, went into office with the goal of making the local labor movement more united. “My role is to help us see the bigger picture,

Philadelphia's largest labor union, AFSCME District Council 33, is getting ready to cast votes to decide if a new contract will be ratified.

Although a tentative agreement with the City of Philadelphia has been reached, District Council 33 still has to vote on the deal. Here's what we know.

The contract, if ratified by DC 33's membership, is retroactive to July 1. After more than a week on strike and several stalled negotiation sessions, leaders of Philadelphia’s largest municipal union came to an agreement with the city, returning some 9,000 blue collar workers to the job.

A labor professor says it's probably the best the union could do at this time, but he's not sure the members will vote to ratify it.

Trash pickup is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on Monday after the DC 33 strike ended, but neighbors say some people are still dropping off garbage.

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.

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.

District Council 33 President Greg Boulware voiced his frustrations with the city leaders about a new union contract that came after members spent more than a week on the picket lines.

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,