{"id":2457422,"date":"2025-07-09T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-trash-workers-reach-union-deal-after-days-without-pickup\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:00:39","slug":"philadelphia-trash-workers-reach-union-deal-after-days-without-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-trash-workers-reach-union-deal-after-days-without-pickup\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia trash workers reach union deal after days without pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphiladelphia-trash-workers-reach-union-deal-after-days-without-pickup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The union representing Philadelphia trash workers,part of the American Federation of State,County,and Municipal Employees District Council 33 (about 9,000 members),reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on July 1,2025. The strike caused significant trash pileup across the city, as workers protested after failing to agree with the city on a new contract. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the agreement, which includes a 14% pay increase over four years, pending union membership ratification. This strike, the first since 1986, focused mainly on wage increases and improved healthcare and pension benefits, with workers seeking a 32% total raise but settling for less. The strike also involved other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-9000-employees-on-leave-as-covid-vaccine-mandate-takes-effect\/\" title=\"New York ...: 9,000 Employees on Leave as COVID Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect\">city workers covered<\/a> by the union, such as 911 dispatchers and water department staff. The city emphasized valuing its workforce while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midyear-budget-cuts-loom-for-nyc-schools-with-decreasing-enrollment\/\" title=\"NYC schools face budget cuts due to declining enrollment.\">maintaining fiscal stability<\/a>. Negotiations lasted over 12 hours before reaching the preliminary agreement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Philadelphia trash workers reach union deal after days without pickup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2165326\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The union representing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Philadelphia's\">Philadelphia<\/a> trash workers reached a deal to halt a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466299\/trash-pile-up-philadelphia-worker-strike-second-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Philadelphia's\">strike<\/a> that caused trash to pile up across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Workers from the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 33 in Philadelphia, about 9,000 strong, began their strike on July 1 after failing to reach an agreement with the city. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced an end to the strike on Wednesday, saying the city reached a tentative agreement with the union.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3466343\/russia-drone-assault-ukraine-record-breaking\/\">Russia exceeds previous record with newest aerial assault against Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3466443\/dc-police-fbi-offer-reward-shooting-congressional-intern-eric-tarpinian-jachym\/\">DC police and FBI offer $40,000 reward for info on shooting of intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3466397\/fec-commissioner-vacancies-delay-musk-america-party-approval\/\">FEC commissioner vacancies delay Musk&rsquo;s America Party approval<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trash is cleaned up at a drop-off site in Philadelphia as thousands of city workers remained on strike on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (WPVI-TV via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We have reached a tentative agreement with District Council 33, which must be ratified by its membership on a new three-year contract that, coupled with the one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-closes-season-with-inspire-change-ad-football-is-over-but-systemic-racism-goes-on\/\" title=\"NFL Closes Season With \u2018Inspire Change\u2019 Ad: Football Is Over But \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019 Goes On\">-year contract extension<\/a> we agreed to last fall, will increase DC 33 members&rsquo; pay by 14 percent over my four years in office,&rdquo; Parker said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trash piles up around dumpsters in Philadelphia as thousands of city workers remained on strike on Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Tassanee Vejpongsa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The mayor said further details would be divulged during a Thursday meeting at Philadelphia City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re valuing our workforce and we&rsquo;re safeguarding our city&rsquo;s hard-earned fiscal stability at the same time,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oBPVUmN7A9\">pic.twitter.com\/oBPVUmN7A9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor Cherelle L. Parker (@PhillyMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyMayor\/status\/1942859022333362415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The union confirmed the end to the strike Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The strike is over! Details forthcoming,&rdquo; the union posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The week-and<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-a-half strike wrought havoc<\/a> in the city, causing trash to pile up in overflowing designated drop-off areas, of which there were about 60.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trash is cleaned up at a drop-off site in Philadelphia as thousands of city workers remained on strike on Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Tassanee Vejpongsa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The strike was the union&rsquo;s first in Philadelphia since 1986, the&nbsp;<em>Philadelphia Tribune&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillytrib.com\/news\/local_news\/council-33-s-strike-result-of-fiscal-and-political-decisions-that-preceded-mayor-parker\/article_30cd5b26-63d0-4aad-8a2b-e75fc14a504f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The primary point of contention for the AFSCME was pay &mdash; the average salary for a Philadelphia sanitation worker is the lowest of any major city in the country at between $39,000 and $42,000 annually. The union sought a 5% wage increase and refused a counteroffer of a 2.75% increase this year and 3% for subsequent years.<\/p>\n<p>The union also sought better healthcare and pension benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the union was seeking a 32% total pay increase over Parker&rsquo;s four-year term. The deal struck on Wednesday will total a 14% increase over her term.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations began on Tuesday afternoon, with the preliminary deal being struck in the early morning hours of Wednesday. In total, the negotiation session lasted over 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466299\/trash-pile-up-philadelphia-worker-strike-second-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRASH PILES OVERFLOW IN PHILADELPHIA AS CITY WORK STOPPAGE ENTERS SECOND WEEK\">TRASH PILES OVERFLOW IN PHILADELPHIA AS CITY WORK STOPPAGE ENTERS SECOND WEEK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of factors involved in what was going on, and we ultimately did what we thought was in the best interest of all of our membership,&rdquo; DC33 President Greg Boulware said, according to WHYY.<\/p>\n<p>Trash workers were not the only workers covered by the AFSCME who took part in the strike &mdash; 911 dispatchers, water department workers, and others are covered by the union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2165326\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2165326\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia trash workers end strike with new union deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2457423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Philadelphia-trash.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5522,58731,58732],"class_list":["post-2457422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-philadelphia","tag-trash-workers","tag-union-deal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Philadelphia-trash.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457426,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457422\/revisions\/2457426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}