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The deal, which must be ratified by members, will cost approximately $92 million over the course of five years.
Mayor Cherelle Parker reinforced her vision of balancing deserved raises to city workers with staying on budget as she ...
Mayor Cherelle Parker is calling a tentative contract agreement with District Council 47 a fiscally responsible deal for the city. The union represents more than 6,000 city workers, including those at ...
An educator urges his counter-parts in other cities to draw the lessons from the betrayal in Chicago and wage a ...
A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...
On July 9 workers at the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) voted by 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize a strike, ...
The tentative deal between the city and AFSCME District Council 47 still needs to be approved by union members. It includes smaller pay raises than what the union initially sought.
The deal for the city's white-collar workers union is similar to one the Parker Administration reach last with District ...
Nick Chavez, a physical plant employee at UMass, joins other staffers in a chant during a rally to highlight what they claim are unfair negotiating tactics by the administration during contract ...
The Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with Education Department cuts, a major shift impacting students, teachers, and ...
Labor expert Francis Ryan puts the now-ended DC 33 work stoppage into context, both historically — and for Philadelphia's future ...
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.