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Interim leader of Philly’s largest city-workers union is aiming to ‘stabilize’ DC33 after president’s ouster

After DC33 president Ernest Garrett's removal, Omar Salaam will serve in the role until a May election. "We want to make sure that we never fall into a situation like this again,” Salaam said.

Omar Salaam will serve out the rest of Ernest Garrett's four-year term as president of AFSCME District Council 33. Here he is in 2020, leading a group of sanitation workers in DC 33 Local 427, who were delivering a letter to the Streets Department expressing concerns related to their work conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Omar Salaam will serve out the rest of Ernest Garrett's four-year term as president of AFSCME District Council 33. Here he is in 2020, leading a group of sanitation workers in DC 33 Local 427, who were delivering a letter to the Streets Department expressing concerns related to their work conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer