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

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

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

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

Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University, believes District Council 33 got the best deal it could with.

Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME ...

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.

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

The strike in Philadelphia involving the city's largest municipal workers' union is over. Here's what to know about the ...

The new contract contains a miserly 9 percent wage increase, spread out over three years. This is only one percent better ...