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Philadelphia trash collection to resume Monday as DC 33, city reach tentative labor agreement
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 Tuesday.
Piles of trash, pickets, and public addresses: Scenes from the DC 33 strike
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of AFSCME District Council 33, reached an agreement early Wednesday, ending an eight-day strike. Here's what it looked like.
How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from historical labor disputes in the city
As the Philadelphia municipal worker strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage that some residents blame on Mayor Cherelle Parker – continue to build up in neighborhoods across the city.
8 accused of illegally dumping trash at City Hall, North Philly amid strike
Philadelphia police arrested eight people in connection to three separate illegal dumping incidents amid the workers union strike.
Mayor Cherelle Parker has turned to nonunion city workers and sanitation trainees to help with trash removal during the DC 33 strike
To some, the nonunion city workers are relieving a messy situation. To others, they’re simply scabs caught in difficult circumstances.
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