A tentative agreement has put a stop to the piles of trash left by striking sanitation workers, but whether union members ...

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 33, Philadelphia’s largest municipal union, reached a tentative new contract agreement with the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Sarah Giskin is a Former AFSCME DC 47 & Unity Caucus Member. The following article was written while the strike was on-going.

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

AFSCME District Council 33 leaders and Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration have reached a tentative contract agreement, ...

I really think that the union won the public relations battle over the past week,” says labor historian Francis Ryan.