Philadelphia faces a strike impacting essential services, with the city taking legal steps to maintain public safety.

Dozens of services are being impacted after the City of Philadelphia's blue-collar workers' union went on strike early ...

More than two dozen Medical Examiner’s Office staffers were ordered back to work because of a growing backlog of bodies in storage, the AP reports.

The first major strike by the union in nearly 40 years has created something of a trash crisis ahead of the July 4th holiday.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is asking District Council 33 union members to come back to the bargaining table amid ...

Across the city this week, residents stared down the long, hot holiday weekend, worried about the fresh feasts that would ...

A city worker strike puts a stop to regular garbage collection.

The latest talks between the city and leaders of District Council 33 - the largest of four major unions representing city workers - ended late Wednesday without a deal.

The former municipal sanitation worker turned clean streets advocate has continued picking up trash, a decision that has ...

While police and firefighters are not on strike, many of the city's blue-collar workers, such as trash collectors, are, ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker will provide an update Thursday on where things stand in the city's high-stakes negotiations with District Council 33.

Cooled storage for dead bodies is getting crowded, and there is a "backlog" of cadavers that need to be examined in ...