Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO president Danny Bauder, who was elected in 2022, went into office with the goal of making the local labor movement more united. “My role is to help us see the bigger picture,

Philadelphia's largest labor union, AFSCME District Council 33, is getting ready to cast votes to decide if a new contract will be ratified.

A labor professor says it's probably the best the union could do at this time, but he's not sure the members will vote to ratify it.

The contract, if ratified by DC 33's membership, is retroactive to July 1. After more than a week on strike and several stalled negotiation sessions, leaders of Philadelphia’s largest municipal union came to an agreement with the city, returning some 9,000 blue collar workers to the job.

District Council 33 President Greg Boulware voiced his frustrations with the city leaders about a new union contract that came after members spent more than a week on the picket lines.