Regular trash pickup will resume in the City of Philadelphia on Monday. Trash pickup was just one of several city services affected by the eight-day strike. Union members were told by DC 33 leadership that they need to return to work as soon as possible. Maintenance staff at city pools are back at work, but the water has yet to return.

Philadelphia’s first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33,

The deal includes a new three-year contract coupled with the one-year contract extension and a 14% pay increase over the next four years.

This decision is in direct violation of the clear will of the rank and file and without any vote. The strike must be renewed immediately and expanded to include transit workers, white-collar employees and all other sections of the working class in Philadelphia.

Between 1,200 and 1,300 sanitation workers are part of the AFSCME strike for higher wages and other improvements. Private contractors are handling trash drop-offs during the strike.