City BudgetCity, DC 33 reach a 1-year agreement By Susan PhillipsWHYY News, July 25, 2008Philadelphia Mayor Nutter calls a tentative one-year contract with the city's largest municipal union "historic" because the union will join a labor management committee to look at the reduction of healthcare costs.
The city reached the deal with AFSCME District Council 33 last night.
The agreement includes an $1100 signing bonus but no raise. The city's contribution to workers health care remains the same.
Negotiations had been taking place behind closed doors. The mayor described the talks as "hard-nosed bargaining" with the union looking for a 9-percent increase each year for the next two years.
AFSCME District Council 33 represents more than 10,000 blue collar workers in the city including the trash collectors.
The Fraternal Order of Police also agreed to work with the city on health care costs in an arbitration settlement reached two weeks ago. The one-year contract gives the new administration time to address the issue and the resulting strain on the city budget.
The deal now has to be ratified by the rank and file.
Contracts have yet to be worked out with AFSCME District Council 47 and the Fire Fighters Union.
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