City Solicitor Renee Garcia was prepared for District Council 33’s strike. The strike was barely 50 minutes old when the city filed a lawsuit with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, asking a ...

AFSCME District Council 33, which represents thousands of city workers, including trash collectors, walked off the job after negotiations didn't end in a deal. The union last went on a strike in 1986.

Minor confrontations captured on video spread across social media, highlighting the tensions of Philadelphia’s first major ...