The African American Chamber of Commerce is working to make sure its members can grow their businesses from the influx of tourists next year.

After passing multiple new worker protection laws in recent years, Philadelphia City Council passed a bill Thursday intended to make those rules more enforceable. The POWER Act, which stands for ...

Philadelphia's city worker strike is officially over after Mayor Cherelle Parker reached a tentative agreement with AFSCME District Council 33.

Philadelphia's AFSCME District Council 33 ratified its new contract with the city, approving the deal that ended an eight-day ...

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 ...

Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union could go on strike next week, which would impact services including trash pickup for people in the city. AFSCME District Council 33 represents some 9,000 ...

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.

In 2020, City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier (D-Philadelphia, 3 rd District) led the push for City Council to formally apologize for the MOVE bombing. Five years later, with the 40-year anniversary ...

Negotiations came down to the eleventh hour, but the Philadelphia City Council ultimately approved the $800M bond issuance Mayor Cherelle Parker requested for her signature HOME Initiative. The ...

All five measures are now expected to pass during a final vote on June 12, Council’s last regular meeting before summer recess. That keeps intact Parker’s goal of having her signature housing plan ...