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 ...

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

Trash pickup is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on Monday after the DC 33 strike ended, but neighbors say some people are ...

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

For more than a week, a municipal worker strike led to issues throughout Philadelphia. The most noticeable problem was the ...

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

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

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 ...

Penn Museum workers unionized in 2021 and had their last contract with the Ivy League school ratified in 2023. It expired at ...

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