Philadelphia’s first major city workers strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Greg Boulware, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33,

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

The deal includes a new three-year contract coupled with the one-year contract extension and a 14% pay increase over the next four years.

The BriefThe City of Philadelphia and District Council 33 have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.The agreement ends a crippling strike that brought Philadelphia's sanitation department to a pause.

Members of District Council 33, which represents over 9,000 city workers, have walked out of negotiations for a new contract with the city, NBC10 has learned. If no contract is reached, membership ...

The contract, if ratified by DC 33's membership, is retroactive to July 1. After more than a week on strike and several stalled negotiation sessions, leaders of Philadelphia’s largest municipal union came to an agreement with the city, returning some 9,000 blue collar workers to the job.

Amid the District Council 33 strike and negotiations with the City of Philadelphia, the union is seeking non-monetary donations.

Trash pickup is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on Monday after the DC 33 strike ended, but neighbors say some people are still dropping off garbage.