Sorry, rats. The “Parker piles” are about to disappear. Philadelphia’s first major city workers strike since 1986 lasted ...

AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for ...

Philadelphia’s city worker strike is officially over after Mayor Cherelle Parker reached a tentative agreement with AFSCME ...

Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University, believes District Council 33 got the best deal it could with.

Trash piled up across Northeast Philadelphia as AFSCME District Council 33’s citywide strike stretched into its eighth day, ...

AFSCME and Philadelphia officials confirmed the strike has ended, though the union must still ratify the terms of the deal ...

Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME ...

Growing piles of trash on the streets of Philadelphia brought the strike into clear view for city residents.

Philadelphia's first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and ...

The new contract contains a miserly 9 percent wage increase, spread out over three years. This is only one percent better ...

Despite a deal to end the strike by members of DC33 in Philadelphia, regular trash collection will not begin right away.