District Council 33 President Greg Boulware voiced his frustrations with the city leaders about a new union contract that came after members spent more than a week on the picket lines.

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,

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 District Council 33 members.

The latest court order concerns airport emergency response workers. In the union's last major work stoppage in 1986, sanitation workers were ultimately ordered back to work by a judge.

Here is the latest on day eight of the District Council 33 strike as no deal with the City of Philadelphia has been reached yet.

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 lines.

As the District Council 33 strike enters day 8, officials are warning that illegal dumping is not an option. Throughout the past eight days, AFSCME District Council 33, the city’s

After eight days and four hours, the first major city worker strike since 1986 came to an end early Wednesday morning. With its conclusion, the largest municipal union’s 9,000 members — including 911 dispatchers,

Amid the District Council 33 strike and negotiations with the City of Philadelphia, the union is seeking non-monetary donations.