Philadelphia’s streets and sidewalks are piling up with garbage after the union of municipal employees went on strike in a city that is already facing acute budget pressures.

Regular trash pickup will resume in the City of Philadelphia on Monday. Trash pickup was just one of several city services affected by the eight-day strike. Union members were told by DC 33 leadership that they need to return to work as soon as possible. Maintenance staff at city pools are back at work, but the water has yet to return.

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.

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.

Philadelphia police arrested eight people in connection to three separate illegal dumping incidents amid the workers union strike.

To some, the nonunion city workers are relieving a messy situation. To others, they’re simply scabs caught in difficult circumstances.

AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for eight days.