Mayor Cherelle Parker has struck a one-year deal with its largest employee union, AFSCME District Council 33, after the blue-collar union voted to authorize a strike last week if its demands for better wages weren’t met.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia's largest city workers union says it has agreed to a one-year agreement to avert a strike. AFSCME District Council 33 President Greg Boulware made the announcement on Friday night during a press conference with Mayor Cherelle Parker.

The largest municipal employee union in Philadelphia, District Council 33, confirms they have reached an agreement with the City of Philadelphia, averting an authorized strike.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Friday night announced that the city and its largest municipal union had reached agreement on her proposed one-year contract extension, ending a monthslong standoff and averting a strike that could have halted trash collection and other city services.

The largest municipal workers union reaches an historic agreement with Philadelphia city leaders while vowing to continue to negotiate for multi-year contract.

The president of the Municipal Union Workers of District Council 33 has signed off on a 1-year extension with the city. This includes city sanitation workers. A strike was previously authorized on Nov.