Philadelphia’s first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33,

Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME District Council 33 members.

Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University and a labor historian, has been researching Philadelphia unions for years. He said DC 33's deal was probably the best one it could get.

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.

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,