Sorry, rats. The “Parker piles” are about to disappear. Philadelphia’s first major city workers strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State,

The deal includes a new three-year contract coupled with the one-year contract extension and a 14% pay increase over the next four years.

As the city continues to negotiate with AFSCME District Council 33, the union’s first work stoppage since the 1980s continues.

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District Council 33, Philadelphia’s largest blue-collar union, will possibly go on strike as union leaders walked out of negotiations just hours before the strike deadline and

Members of District Council 33, which represents over 9,000 city workers, have walked out of negotiations for a new contract with the city, NBC10 has learned. If no contract is reached, membership ...

Philadelphia faces a strike impacting essential services, with the city taking legal steps to maintain public safety.

That's from a radio-TV campaign paid for by District Council 33, the blue collar city workers union. Both DC 33 and the white collar union DC 47 have been without a new contract since 2009, ...