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,

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.

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

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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 ...

District Council 33, Philadelphia’s largest blue-collar union, will possibly go on strike as union leaders walked out of negotiations just hours before the strike deadline and

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.

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.