Philadelphia strike over
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Philadelphia’s city worker strike is over, but services aren’t fully back yet. Here’s when trash pickup, pools, and other operations will resume.
The strike lasted eight days and four hours before a deal was reached for a new contract. There are still some lingering questions about what's next.
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University and a labor historian, has been researching Philadelphia unions for years. He said DC 33's deal was probably the best one it could get.
Here's a timeline breaking down everything we know so far about the labor talks between District Council 33 and the city of Philadelphia.
As the strike carries into a second week, the city has relied on managers to fill essential jobs at Philadelphia's water facilities, paying them more handsomely than their DC 33 counterparts.