Overview

• Mayor Cherelle Parker and AFSCME DC 33 president Greg Boulware secured a tentative three-year contract delivering a 14% wage increase over four years, pending union ratification.
• The agreement provides annual 3% pay raises and adds an extra step on the union pay scale for veteran workers, building on a prior one-year extension.
• Union members will return to work immediately, restoring curbside trash pickup, public safety dispatch and water services halted since the July 1 walkout.
• Judges ordered 911 dispatchers, airport personnel and water department staff back on the job early in the strike to protect public safety.
• The city enlisted private contractors and nonunion employees to clear garbage piles at about 60 drop-off sites while talks stalled until July 8.