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 ...

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, ...

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.

A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong ...

The largest municipal workers’ strike in decades in the city of Philadelphia has ended after 9,000 members of AFSCME District ...

Philadelphia's trash workers reached a deal to end their nine-day strike, during which trash piled up around the city.

I really think that the union won the public relations battle over the past week,” says labor historian Francis Ryan.

After eight days of stinking garbage piles mounted along the streets of Philadelphia, the city has reached a tentative deal ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker celebrated the end of a strike with District Council 33, a work stoppage with Philly's largest union that resulted in a trash nightmare.