Nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia who collect trash, answer 911 calls, maintain city pools and perform other jobs went on strike Tuesday after contract negotiations broke down.

Piles of trash overflowed in Philadelphia’s streets as a city worker strike entered its second week Tuesday. Contract talks between the city and District Council 33, a labor union representing ...

Members of AFSCME District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest municipal union, reached a tentative new contract agreement with the city Wednesday, ending a labor strike that began at midnight last ...

Nine thousand city workers in Philadelphia have been on strike for higher pay. Sanitation workers, 911 dispatchers and other municipal employees have been on strike for days.

Trash piles up around dumpsters in Philadelphia as thousands of city workers remained on strike Monday, July 7, 2025. AP “It’s disgusting. It’s making people sick,” one resident told the ...

The major issue was money. DC33 is the lowest-paid of the city’s four municipal unions; it is also the only one with a majority-Black membership. In 2024, the union was able to negotiate a 5 ...

Union representing Philadelphia blue-collar workers reached a deal with the city to end strike after securing a contract agreement that includes better pay for trash collectors and 911 dispatchers ...

Day five of the strike begins, and DC 33 and Philadelphia reenter negotiations in the afternoon. The union plans to work through the holiday weekend on a counterproposal to the city's latest offer.

PHILADELPHIA — The City of Brotherly Love celebrates July 4 with perhaps more fanfare than anywhere else in the country, and with good reason: It's where the nation was born, where the Founding ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Ashley Fox had a six-figure career on Wall Street managing millions of dollars for the wealthy. She left it all behind to return to her native Philadelphia and teach inner ...

The union represents key employees, including school crossing guards and sanitation workers. A strike could become a major headache for Mayor Cherelle Parker because it would coincide with the city’s ...