The TA was announced in order to break the powerful eight day work stoppage, the largest municipal strike in the city in ...

Sorry, rats. The “Parker piles” are about to disappear. Philadelphia’s first major city workers strike since 1986 lasted ...

This is a call to action for all workers who want to defend their rights. Don’t let the bureaucrats and city officials decide ...

City of Philadelphia reached a surprise deal with a striking municipal union early Wednesday morning, resuming trash ...

Philadelphia's largest labor union, AFSCME District Council 33, is getting ready to cast votes to decide if a new contract will be ratified.

Some unions had to balance supporting the striking AFSCME DC 33 workers with maintaining their relationships with Mayor ...

AFSCME District Council 33 President Greg Boulware said the union is set to vote on that tentative agreement early next week.

A tentative agreement has put a stop to the piles of trash left by striking sanitation workers, but whether union members ...

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 33, Philadelphia’s largest municipal union, reached a tentative new contract agreement with the ...

AFSCME and Philadelphia officials confirmed the strike has ended, though the union must still ratify the terms of the deal ...

Philadelphia's first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and ...

Sarah Giskin is a Former AFSCME DC 47 & Unity Caucus Member. The following article was written while the strike was on-going.