DC 33 union vote on new deal still ahead: What you should know

The AFSCME DC strike came to an abrupt end early Wednesday morning While the work stoppage ended the saga has not About union members still have to vote on the deal and trash collection and chosen other services won t resume until next week If you ve been wondering when your trash will be picked up when the voting process will end or what to do with the books you haven t been able to return to your local library keep reading We ve got you covered When will my trash be picked up Starting next week blocks around Philly should get cleaner and smell better Curbside trash and recycling pickups will resume its normal schedule on Monday July The return to the normal schedule means that if your pickup day is normally Monday your trash and recycling will be collected on Monday if your pickup day is later in the week it will be collected then Sanitation workers sat outside the Northwest Sanitation Convenience Center in Philadelphia on the second day of a municipal worker strike July Kimberly Paynter WHYY In the meantime if you have excess trash that you need to get rid of right now the city encourages residents to use one of its six sanitation and convenience centers These centers are open from a m to p m on Saturday and Sunday Here are the locations of the six Sanitation Convenience Centers Northeast Philadelphia State Road Northwest Philadelphia Domino Lane Port Richmond North Delaware Avenue Southwest Philadelphia S rd Street Strawberry Mansion West Glenwood Avenue West Philadelphia Grays Avenue Preponderance dumpsters that were used during the work stoppage for trash dropoffs have already been collected as that organization ended with the conclusion of the strike All remaining dumpsters will be removed from the streets in the coming days Are we sure the strike is over The strike-ending deal agreed to on Wednesday morning was tentative and would provide DC s workers with annual salary increases over the next three years plus a bonus and an additional pay tier for longtime employees The roughly members of DC still have to vote on the deal to fully ratify the contract and make things official This voting will be held in person at DC s union hall starting Monday and continuing to Sunday July Union members and supporters marched around City Hall on Monday urging leaders to finish up contract negotiations ahead of a looming strike deadline at midnight Cory Sharber WHYY The nearly weeklong voting period is to ensure every member of the union has a chance to cast a vote All votes weigh the same On the day that voting concludes all votes will be counted and results will be issued If the Union votes yes the contract is ratified If no there s no deal and another work stoppage is practicable The union only demands a majority for the deal to be accepted It s worth noting the deal agreed upon was far from the union s ask of a annual increase over three years If the members choose to accept it that s fantastic If the members say no then we will have to go back to the drawing board I m not happy now that hasn t changed DC president Greg Boulware explained from outside the union s offices Thursday afternoon I don t feel like we ve gotten enough and quite honestly I presumably will never feel that way What about other services affected by the strike Medical centers have been reopened across the city and resumed normal hours Any missed or canceled appointments will be rescheduled A majority of Free Library locations have reopened and resumed normal services including the location on Ben Franklin Parkway Various are operating on reduced hours and you can check here for your library s hours All library hours are expected to return to normal in the coming days Any library materials that were due before Tuesday July are now due July Parkway Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia Miguel Martinez Billy Penn Pools sprayground and recreation centers will all resume normal hours and operations on Monday Philadelphia Parks Rec is working to refill all the pools that were emptied during the work stoppage by this Monday All other services including street-sweeping passing guards bulk-item collections and others will resume Monday The post DC union vote on new deal still ahead What you should know appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY