Sorry, rats. The “Parker piles” are about to disappear. 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,

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.

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 ...

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As the city continues to negotiate with AFSCME District Council 33, the union’s first work stoppage since the 1980s continues.

As the strike carries into a second week, the city has relied on managers to fill essential jobs at Philadelphia's water facilities, paying them more handsomely than their DC 33 counterparts.

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

As the Philadelphia workers union strike continues, a judge approved injunctions the city filed for 911 and airport dispatchers to return to work.