Sorry, rats. The "Parker piles" of trash found around the city are about to disappear. Philadelphia's first major city worker strike since 1986 lasted eight days and four hours before Mayor Cherelle L.

The city workers' strike in Philadelphia is set to end after the city and the union reached a tentative agreement, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced early Wednesday morning.

Philadelphia’s sanitation workers strike ended early Wednesday after more than a week with the announcement of a tentative agreement between the union and the city.