To some, the nonunion city workers are relieving a messy situation. To others, they’re simply scabs caught in difficult ...

According to MIT, Philadelphia's striking workers earn more than $2,000 less than the living wage for a single adult in the ...

Piles upon piles of garbage line the streets of Philadelphia, and as temperatures hover above 90 degrees, the stench is ...

City officials warned against illegal dumping that could slow collection efforts at temporary trash drop-off sites.

As trash and tempers heat up across Philadelphia on Day 8 of a strike by blue-collar city workers Tuesday, some residents and ...

When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a weeklong sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...

We cannot afford to wait until next year to act. People are dying today. Residents and city employees are afraid today. Our ...

Meanwhile, eight dispatchers for the airport's emergency response system were ordered by a judge to return to work.

As the Philadelphia municipal worker strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage ...