News

AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for ...
The largest municipal workers’ strike in decades in the city of Philadelphia has ended after 9,000 members of AFSCME District ...
Philadelphia’s sanitation workers strike ended early Wednesday after more than a week with the announcement of a tentative ...
I really think that the union won the public relations battle over the past week,” says labor historian Francis Ryan.
Garbage has piled up at dumpsters throughout Philadelphia as the union’s first work stoppage in the city since 1986 has caused quite a mess.
Philadelphia's 10,000 striking city workers return after a 14% wage deal ends a 9-day walkout that halted trash pickup, ...
SAG-AFTRA members have voted to ratify the new interactive media agreement negotiated after an 11-month strike against video ...
By Joe Brandt, Brandon Goldner Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Members of AFSCME District Council 33, Philadelphia’s largest municipal union, came to a tentative new contract ...
Jazmine Sullivan and LL Cool J dropped out of the Welcome America concert on the Fourth of July due to a garbage strike.
Three people were killed in two different shootings, including 24-year-old Azir Harris, who was paralyzed in a drive-by seven ...
Sarah Giskin is a Former AFSCME DC 47 & Unity Caucus Member. The following article was written while the strike was on-going.