The deal, which must be ratified by members, will cost approximately $92 million over the course of five years.

Mayor Cherelle Parker is calling a tentative contract agreement with District Council 47 a fiscally responsible deal for the city. The union represents more than 6,000 city workers, including those at ...

An educator urges his counter-parts in other cities to draw the lessons from the betrayal in Chicago and wage a ...

The tentative deal between the city and AFSCME District Council 47 still needs to be approved by union members. It includes smaller pay raises than what the union initially sought.

Nick Chavez, a physical plant employee at UMass, joins other staffers in a chant during a rally to highlight what they claim are unfair negotiating tactics by the administration during contract ...

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

The deal for the city's white-collar workers union is similar to one the Parker Administration reach last with District ...

The Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with Education Department cuts, a major shift impacting students, teachers, and ...

Labor expert Francis Ryan puts the now-ended DC 33 work stoppage into context, both historically — and for Philadelphia's future ...

DC 47, the union that represents 6,000 city workers, including the PPA and the Philadelphia Housing Authority, has reached a tentative agreement with the city.

When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a week-long sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...

The divestment of staff, science and sustainability programs at USDA isn’t just a budget cut; it could be a direct threat to the nation’s food system. Experts warn of far-reaching consequences: unsafe ...