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Trash collection in the city of Philadelphia returned on Monday for the first time in nearly two weeks after the end of District Council 33's strike.
Trash collection in Philly halted due to strike. Here's where to take your trash Thousands of AFSCME District Council 33 members, Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union, are now on strike.
Despite a deal to end the strike by members of DC33 in Philadelphia, regular trash collection will not begin right away.
Philadelphia’s Department of Sanitation is a “few days behind” on collecting residents’ recycling as it prioritizes collecting trash that accumulated while sanitation workers went on strike earlier ...
The city of Philadelphia says regular trash pickup will resume next week after a deal was reached to end the DC 33 labor strike.
Members of AFSCME District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest municipal union, reached a tentative new contract agreement with the city Wednesday, ending a labor strike that began at midnight last ...
July 03, 2025 City moves trash collection sites as images of garbage pileups go viral The dumpster at 18th and Catharine streets relocated, and another collection hub in Chestnut Hill shuttered.
A strike that left the streets of Philadelphia lined with trash is coming to an end. Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said a tentative agreement will put an end to a work stoppage that began June 30. That ...
Philadelphia’s city worker strike is over, but services aren’t fully back yet. Here’s when trash pickup, pools, and other operations will resume.
AFSCME District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest union of blue-collar workers, went on strike Tuesday, disrupting trash collection and other city services.
Video shows striking union members clashing with a sanitation manager at a trash collection site in Philadelphia on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash ...