AFSCME District Council 33 is the largest union representing Philadelphia employees, covering over 9,000 members including sanitation workers. The union is looking for a long-term deal that includes salary increases while the city is looking for a 1-year contract extension.

Local 234 unilaterally overturned the will of transit workers to strike as their one-year contract expired last week.

Bus, trolley, and transit operators in the city are currently working without a contract. The last contract expired at midnight on Thursday, but union workers held off on a strike as both sides decided to continue negotiations. Meanwhile, on Friday, the union representing suburban transit workers formally voted to authorize a work stoppage.

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The union that represents thousands of Philadelphia mass transit system workers has agreed to delay a potential strike, saying progress was being made in ongoing contract talks.