Philadelphia city officials have entered into a tentative deal with a union representing thousands of city workers to end a more than one-week strike that saw trash piling up, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced early on July 9.
Nearly 10,000 blue-collar employees from District Council 33 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees had walked off the job on July 1, seeking higher pay and improved benefits after failing to agree with the city on a new contract.
The tentative three-year agreement was announced on what would have been the ninth day of the strike.
Parker said in a post on social media platform X that the deal was “good news” not just for union members but for “every tax-paying resident and business in Philadelphia.”…