Sean Walsh

AFSCME DC 47, Philly’s white-collar city workers union, has reached a tentative deal with Mayor Parker’s administration inquirer.com/politics/phila…

Mayor Cherelle Parker has reached a tentative agreement w AFSCME DC 47, a separate union from the one on strike last week (DC 33) 47 was holding its own strike authorization vote. that now appears moot. 33 & 47’s tentative deals will need member approval instagram.com/p/DMIK3NnR0Zx/…

Mayor Parker is relying on the city's ~400 nonunion sanitation workers to manage dump sites and trash abatement during the Philly strike The workers – Street Dept trainees & CLIP staffers – say they feel stuck between "scabbing" or getting fired inquirer.com/politics/phila…

DC 33 presser with AFSCME national prez Lee Saunders starting now at the location where two picketing city employees were hit by a drunk driver last week

A second union for Philadelphia city workers is holding a strike authorization vote. AFSCME DC 47's strike vote will wrap up July 15 -- but it's not at all clear that union leaders are eager to join their DC 33 colleagues on the picket line. inquirer.com/politics/phila…

No, Mayor Parker didn’t give herself ‘a 9% raise’ — but she did dole out big raises to aides inquirer.com/news/mayor-par…

To understand Philly's ongoing city worker strike, you have to go back to 1992, when DC 33 signed a contract with Mayor Ed Rendell that members curse to this day. "If you don’t know your history, you’re bound to repeat it, and I’ve been paying attention.” inquirer.com/politics/phila…

No deal. The first official negotiating session since the start of Philly’s city worker strike ended at 1:15 am Thurs with no progress on the key issue: wage increases. Union prez Boulware said he didn’t expect talks to resume until Fri or later. Follow Inquirer.com