The only union yet to reach a contract extension agreement with the Parker administration is AFSCME District Council 33, which is the largest municipal union.
AFSCME District Council 47 vice president Robert Harris speaks to news media outside the Mayor’s Reception Room in July following Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s press conference to discuss her administration’s policy for all city employees to return to working in the office or on-site. The Parker administration announced Friday it has reached a contract extension deal with the union.
“This is a fair deal for every individual in District Council 47, and it’s a fair deal for the taxpayers of the city of Philadelphia,” Parker said during a news conference.this year after she required all city workers return to in-person work following several years of hybrid flexibility. Union leaders said the policy should have been collectively bargained and would exacerbateNo one from the union’s leadership was in the room Friday for Parker’s announcement.
Parker said the union leaders have “every right to make whatever decision they need to make for their membership.” The agreement, which will cost the city an additional $11.5 million next year, also includes an $850,000 lump sum payment into the union’s health and welfare fund.
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