A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day. Trash continued to pile up Thursday in some areas, and a judge ordered more than 30 Medical Examiner’s Office ...

AFSCME District Council 33, which represents more than 9,000 city workers, went on strike at midnight June 30, impacting city services including trash and recycling collections, street and water ...

Community activist, businesswoman and lifelong area resident Shanel Thomas-Henry will be the next member of the City Council from District 21.Thomas-Henry will succeed Councilman Francisco Moya (D ...

Private contractors are advertising their services for trash removal on social media and putting their cell phone numbers out ...

Members of AFSCME DC 33 are striking for a second day in an attempt to secure contract concessions from Philly Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.

While city workers seeking livable wages and residents needing basic city services are facing difficult situations, there is another group of Philadelphians for whom the ongoing American Federation of ...

City Council PAC Spending in Council Races More Than Doubled, Fueled by Money from DoorDash, Airbnb and Uber Independent expenditures in City Council races surged to $14.3 million, a record sum.

The largest and lowest-paid of Philadelphia’s four municipal unions fanned out across the city Tuesday, forming picket lines at City Hall, water treatment plants, sanitation centers, and city-operated ...

Pickets in the Philadelphia city workers strike, July 2, 2025 Philadelphia’s 9,000 municipal workers are currently on strike for a living wage and better work conditions. They are showing ...

Philadelphia waste collectors, city employees go on strike AFSCME District Council 33 members are asking for an 8 percent salary increase for each year of a four-year deal.

Striking city workers are joining picket lines near Philadelphia City Hall, public libraries and other worksites as nearly 10,000 unionized employees walked off the job in search of better pay and ...