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Philadelphia's largest municipal union reaches tentative deal with Mayor Cherelle Parker, ending 8-day strike affecting 9,000 workers and city services.

A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike.

While Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders celebrated the end of the District Council 33 strike on Wednesday, union bosses remained dejected about the outcome.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker says union members refused to negotiate an end to the city workers strike on Thursday, but, District Council 33 President Greg Boulware says they are working on a new proposal as the city won't budge on its terms.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker will honor Orien Reid Nix, attend Wadsworth Day, and introduce Ivy Queen at the Hispanic Fiesta during a weekend celebrating community and diversity.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said District Council 33 refused the city's offer to continue contract negotiations on Thursday as a crippling work stoppage continues.

AFSCME District Council 33, representing more than 9,000 city employees from dispatchers to sanitation, was on strike for eight days.