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The strike in Philadelphia involving the city's largest municipal workers' union is over. Here's what to know about the ...
Workers will have to vote on the deal reached on the ninth day of the Philadelphia strike before it is official.
AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for ...
A union spokesperson told The Inquirer that the vote on DC 33's contract with the city will begin next week and stretch over multiple days.
Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME ...
Philadelphians faced with the ongoing strike was a way to beat the heat. The city planned on opening close to 60 pools this summer season, but some gates were locked when lifeguards joined the picket ...
Sarah Giskin is a Former AFSCME DC 47 & Unity Caucus Member. The following article was written while the strike was on-going.
Regular trash pickup will resume in the City of Philadelphia on Monday. Trash pickup was just one of several city services ...
Philadelphia's first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and ...
An alleged drunk driver is in custody after police said he left the scene after hitting two sanitation workers on the picket ...
The Parker administration won a series of court injunctions requiring striking 911 dispatchers, airport dispatchers, and ...
Philadelphia's largest municipal union reaches tentative deal with Mayor Cherelle Parker, ending 8-day strike affecting 9,000 ...