Philadelphia Workers and City Reach a Deal to End Strike That Halted Residential Trash Pickup

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00:00This morning for the hard-working men and women of AFSCME District Council 33

00:05and for every resident and business in the city of Philadelphia

00:09that the work stoppage involving District Council 33 in the city of Philadelphia, it is over.

00:17It is true that we have reached a tentative agreement with District Council 33

00:23on a new three-year contract that, once approved by the union's membership,

00:31coupled with the one-year contract extension we agreed to last November,

00:37it will increase District Council 33 members' pay by 14% over my four years in office.

00:47One of the things we have been talking about through all of this

00:51is the need to restore a sense of trust in government.

00:58We also know in District Council 33, President Boulware, respectfully,

01:06I know that we're going to need some healing time.

01:10You can't get through something as intense as this

01:15and not have to go through healing time, but our city is here.

01:20I'm here.

01:22We're going to work in partnership with our District Council 33, men and women,

01:29because that's the only way that we can realize what you all always hear me talk about.

01:34And what is that?

01:35One Philly, a united city?

01:37You can't do it unless we work during this time

01:41to make sure that we are healing wounds, and we want to do that.