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A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong ...
Philadelphians faced with the ongoing strike was a way to beat the heat. The city planned on opening close to 60 pools this summer season, but some gates were locked when lifeguards joined the picket ...
The strike in Philadelphia involving the city's largest municipal workers' union is over. Here's what to know about the ...
Sarah Giskin is a Former AFSCME DC 47 & Unity Caucus Member. The following article was written while the strike was on-going.
Philadelphia’s sanitation workers strike ended early Wednesday after more than a week with the announcement of a tentative ...
Trash piled up across Northeast Philadelphia as AFSCME District Council 33’s citywide strike stretched into its eighth day, ...
AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for ...
In the wee hours of Wednesday, District Council 33 officials and the City of Philadelphia reached a tentative contract agreement. The union has yet to vote on it.
Francis Ryan, a professor at Rutgers University and a labor historian, has been researching Philadelphia unions for years. He ...
In the wee hours of Wednesday, District Council 33 officials and the City of Philadelphia reached a tentative contract ...
Trash collection will restart Monday, city officials said Wednesday morning after announcing the new contract for AFSCME ...
The Parker administration won a series of court injunctions requiring striking 911 dispatchers, airport dispatchers, and ...