Higher wages were a key sticking point during Philadelphia's AFSCME District 33 union's eight-day strike. A tentative labor agreement was reached with the city early Wednesday morning, a contract that,

The city’s largest public sector union and the mayor reached a tentative deal, ending a work stoppage that led to piles of trash on the streets.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash pickup and affected other services, officials said Wednesday.