DC 33 Wage Math
The tentative agreement reached between District Council 33 municipal workers and the Parker administration includes an increase in wages of approximately $11,000 over the three-year contract for a member earning the pre-strike average union salary of $46,000, according to an Inquirer analysis based on officials’ public statements about the contract deal.
The contract includes a signing bonus of $1,500 for all members — offsetting lost wages from the eight-day strike that amounted to roughly $900 based on the average salary. The union also receives a fifth step in its pay scale, which will boost wages by an additional 2% for members after their fifth year of service.
The three-year earnings in the tentative agreement amount to a 1.2% increase over Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s previous proposal, based on the pre-strike average wage.
Here is a look at how the tentative agreement compares with the union’s pre-strike wages and the prior proposals. We’ve totaled the three-year earnings to show how the wages stack up:
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
Previous DC 33
average wage
$46,000
$46,000
$46,000
$138,000
Parker’s previous
proposal
$47,265
$49,267
$50,715
$147,247
$48,300
$50,715
$53,251
$152,266
DC 33 proposal
$149,039
$47,969
$49,387
$51,683
Tentative agreement
Note: The value of the first year of the tentative agreement includes the $1,500 signing bonus and subtracts about $900 in lost wages from the strike. Figures for the second and third year for Parker’s previous proposal and the tentative agreement include the new fifth step in the union pay scale, which applies to about 60% of members in the second year and 80% in the third year.
Sources: City of Philadelphia and District Council 33
John Duchneskie / Staff Artist
DC 33 Wage Math
The tentative agreement reached between District Council 33 municipal workers and the Parker administration includes an increase in wages of approximately $11,000 over the three-year contract for a member earning the pre-strike average union salary of $46,000, according to an Inquirer analysis based on officials’ public statements about the contract deal.
The contract includes a signing bonus of $1,500 for all members — offsetting lost wages from the eight-day strike that amounted to roughly $900 based on the average salary. The union also receives a fifth step in its pay scale, which will boost wages by an additional 2% for members after their fifth year of service.
The three-year earnings in the tentative agreement amount to a 1.2% increase over Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s previous proposal, based on the pre-strike average wage.
Here is a look at how the tentative agreement compares with the union’s pre-strike wages and the prior proposals. We’ve totaled the three-year earnings to show how the wages stack up:
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
Previous DC 33
average wage
$46,000
$46,000
$46,000
$138,000
Parker’s previous
proposal
$47,265
$49,267
$50,715
$147,247
$48,300
$50,715
$53,251
$152,266
DC 33 proposal
Tentative
agreement
$47,969
$49,387
$51,683
$149,039
Note: The value of the first year of the tentative agreement includes the $1,500 signing bonus and subtracts about $900 in lost wages from the strike. Figures for the second and third year for Parker’s previous proposal and the tentative agreement include the new fifth step in the union pay scale, which applies to about 60% of members in the second year and 80% in the third year.
Sources: City of Philadelphia and District Council 33
John Duchneskie / Staff Artist