Some unions had to balance supporting the striking AFSCME DC 33 workers with maintaining their relationships with Mayor Cherelle Parker.

Philadelphia’s sanitation workers strike ended early Wednesday after more than a week with the announcement of a tentative ...

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

Fire crews were called out to fires at two separate strike-related trash sites early Sunday morning. The fires happened just ...

Philadelphia's largest municipal union reaches tentative deal with Mayor Cherelle Parker, ending 8-day strike affecting 9,000 ...

With the strike in her rearview mirror, Parker reflected on the most tumultuous eight days of her administration in an ...

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

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

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

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