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The deal for the city's white-collar workers union is similar to one the Parker Administration reach last with District ...
DC 47, the union that represents 6,000 city workers, including the PPA and the Philadelphia Housing Authority, has reached a tentative agreement with the city.
The contract agreement, coupled with an extension to the last deal, would increase the pay of the city's white collar workers ...
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. On Tuesday ...
The deal, which must be ratified by members, will cost approximately $92 million over the course of five years.
For a moment this past week, Philadelphia was facing the potential of a second municipal worker strike on the heels of a ...
Philadelphia has seemingly avoided a second city workers strike as District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, ...
The tentative agreement comes as AFSCME DC 47 was taking steps to authorize a strike for some workers, and averts the potential of a second city worker walkout this month.
Members of District Council 47 were standing outside union offices this week to loudly express their anger toward union leadership, which they say has not forced the Nutter administration to ...
Members of the governing body of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 47 have decided not to make an endorsement in Philadelphia’s May mayoral primary ...
District Council 47’s new President Fred Wright was the head of the community social services portion of the union. His members have been working without a contract for more than four years and ...
After a week of uncertainty, George Sarantopoulos has eked out a narrow victory in the Republican primary in Council District ...