DC 33 and Philly leaders resume labor talks Tuesday
After beginning their strike in Philadelphia a week ago, DC 33 members are still on the picket line calling for higher pay increases.
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After beginning their strike in Philadelphia a week ago, DC 33 members are still on the picket line calling for higher pay increases.
No deal was reached between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration after negotiations resumed Saturday.
Two sanitation workers who were on the picket line in the ongoing District Council 33 union strike were hit by a vehicle in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section.
Attorneys for the city said cooled storage for cadavers is getting crowded, and death investigators and technicians should return to work.
Trash piles are growing as Philadelphia's sanitation workers are on strike, along with thousands of other blue-collar workers who belong to AFSCME District Council 33.
Core services like water treatment are continuing, but response times will decrease for water main breaks and fire hydrant issues.
Workers with District Council 33 could walk off the job Tuesday, stopping residential trash pickup in Philadelphia and affecting several other services in the city. Reporter Nikki DeMentri has the latest from City Hall.
AFSCME District Council 33, the largest union representing blue-collar city workers in Philadelphia, says talks with city officials are set to continue Sunday. If a deal is not reached, workers could strike Tuesday morning.
Philadelphia's largest blue-collar union said negotiations with the city will continue Sunday.
Thousands of people who are part of District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest city workers' union, could go on strike as soon as Tuesday morning. Mayor Cherelle Parker has encouraged the union to accept the city's latest offer.
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philly have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the chain.
Workers at the Pennsylvania Avenue Whole Foods store in Philadelphia are trying to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776.
Employees at a Whole Foods at 22nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Philadelphia held a rally on Monday seeking higher pay and better protections from Whole Foods' parent company, Amazon.
Union ushers at the Kimmel Center and other arts venues appear to have reached a deal to avoid a strike, a spokesperson for the venues said.
Starbucks baristas and Amazon delivery drivers are on strike in handful of U.S. cities as they seek wage increases.
On Wednesday, SEPTA agree to tentative deals with two unions to avert a strike in Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Three unions representing SEPTA employees and city workers could go all on strike at the same time. Here's an update on the negotiations.
SEPTA workers voted to authorize a strike if a deal for their contract is not reached by midnight on Nov. 7.
The union representing SEPTA workers announced Sunday that its members have voted to authorize a strike if a deal for their contract is not reached by Nov. 7.
The strike, the first by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers since 1977, had shut down 14 ports since Tuesday.
Thousands of dockworkers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts went on strike in search of higher pay and better job security in the face of automation.
Grocers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey say the dockworker strike could affect the supply chain and cause prices to rise.
Some Philadelphia Phillies fans headed to Monday's game said they support striking Aramark workers who walked off the job at the three South Philly stadiums Monday.
Food service workers at Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia went on strike early Monday morning.
Aramark workers at South Philadelphia's three stadiums are on strike and are urging fans to boycott concessions.
