The BriefThe City of Philadelphia and District Council 33 remain in a standoff with no contract talks planned as of midday Monday.The union strike has caused piles of trash to grow on Philadelphia ...

The BriefThe City of Philadelphia and District Council 33 have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.The agreement ends a crippling strike that brought Philadelphia's sanitation ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The members of District Council 33 headed back to work on Thursday, but say they're frustrated with the tentative contract agreement. As workers moved in to clear out the ...

In the days after AFSCME District Council 33 ended its strike in Philadelphia, neighbors are reporting that illegal dumping of trash is still a problem. By Lili Zheng • Published July 10, 2025 ...

District Council 33 is the largest of four major unions representing city workers. Its membership includes 911 dispatchers, trash collectors, water department workers and many others.

The Philadelphia municipal strike was not the end but the opening act in a rapid series of confrontations in Philadelphia and ...

The City of Philadelphia provided an update on how the temporary trash sites should work for residents amid the District Council 33 strike. Meanwhile, Philadelphians are fed up with the growing ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Mountains of trash are piling up in parts of Philadelphia as a strike by blue-collar city workers nears a fourth day. Sanitation workers are among the DC33 union members on ...

Philadelphia's largest labor union, AFSCME District Council 33 (DC 33), is getting ready to cast votes to decide if a new contract will be ratified. DC 33, which represents about 9,000 workers in ...

She claims the city's offer that raises wages by more than 13% is the largest increase a Philadelphia mayor in their first term has extended to District Council 33 in over 30 years. It's a larger ...