What a posible District Council 33 strike might mean for your trash collection and other city services

One of Philadelphia s biggest labor unions is potentially going on strike July This means that chosen of the city s preponderance vital services could be crippled or perfectly shut down District Council of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFSCME represents city employees ranging from dispatchers to water department employees to school bridging guardsl On Monday June District Council DC voted on whether to authorize a strike and of the unionized workers who voted stated yes So if a deal isn t reached by Tuesday July up to city employees could go on strike What would be affected AFSCME represents workers in the inhabitants operation sector so a strike would impact utility sanitation and executive services According to a Facebook post by the group the services listed below are just chosen of what could be stopped or limited No trash or recyclable collection during the th of July weekend No access to trained police and fire dispatchers which will cause an increase in busy lines and wait times There will be a citywide shutdown of wellbeing centers Maintenance for bathrooms runways and airfields at Philadelphia International Airport will halt There won t be access to the city s Water Department s repairs and services There won t be school spanning guards for children going to summer school There s more You can see a full list of the departments and workers who are unionized under DC at the bottom of this article A multitude of of those departments could strike meaning delays and organization cuts How we got here This past November a similar situation arose where DC authorized a strike The looming threat was used to push for a new favorable one-year deal for the union As CBS informed the deal included a raise a bonus and other benefits This deal was for fiscal year which ends June According to a declaration by the Mayor s Office this was the largest raise for a union in years as informed by NBC But without a long-term deal the Mayor s Office and the union returned to the negotiating table in January Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled a new multiyear contract proposal for the union DC and Parker entered into negotiations which have not yet led to a new contract The disputes came from a number of differences between Parker s proposal and DC s demands The issues include pay and changes to the Healthcare and Welfare plan and haven t been bridged yet What happens next Will there be a strike The preferred option of syllabus is that Parker and DC strike a multiyear deal that satisfies both sides However another stopgap deal like the one that is set to expire July could also be struck This would be temporary compared to Parker s proposed -year plan and DC s desire for a -year contract Another possibility is ending the strike without a new contract in place That happened in What happened the last time DC striked The last major strike by DC occurred in It was known as the garbage strike The union s effort to win a new contract lasted days According to The New York Times it earned its name due to tons of garbage that had accumulated in the strike No new deal was reached The strike ended when union members voted to return DC is in which departments Below you can find a list of department s and employees that are represented by DC according to its website These operations will likely have longer wait times fewer services or be absolutely shut down if a strike were to go into effect Local Prisons Local Department of Recreation Local Water Department Local Highway Division Streets Local Department of Sanitation Streets Local Easton Local Department of Vitality Local Department of Finance Local Philadelphia Housing Authority Local Philadelphia International Airport Local Parking Authority Police Radio Local Easton Local Fleet Management Local School Traversing Guards Local The post What a posible District Council strike might mean for your trash collection and other city services appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY