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

Dozens of temporary drop-off sites will close immediately to allow cleanup, but residents can take garbage to six sanitation centers.

The Parker administration won a series of court injunctions requiring striking 911 dispatchers, airport dispatchers, and medical examiner employees to return to work, and the prospect of a broader injunction loomed.

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Mayor Cherelle Parker celebrated the end of a strike with District Council 33, a work stoppage with Philly's largest union that resulted in a trash nightmare.

No deal was reached between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration after negotiations resumed Saturday.

Mayor Cherelle Parker is trying to end the DC33 union worker strike by Fourth of July with both the carrot and stick approaches. Here’s how.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker took to social media Saturday to plead the city’s case in its negotiation dispute with the District Council 33 union, which represents 9,000 city employees ranging

DC 33's worker strike enters its second week with no deal in sight with Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.