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Some unions had to balance supporting the striking AFSCME DC 33 workers with maintaining their relationships with Mayor Cherelle Parker.
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.
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University and a labor historian, has been researching Philadelphia unions for years. He said DC 33's deal was probably the best one it could get.
Trash pickup is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on Monday after the DC 33 strike ended, but neighbors say some people are still dropping off garbage.
The latest court order concerns airport emergency response workers. In the union's last major work stoppage in 1986, sanitation workers were ultimately ordered back to work by a judge.