Negotiations between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Parker's administration appear to be at a standstill.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is putting it all on the line. In a fiery news conference on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Parker made clear on Thursday that she wasn't ready to capitulate in negotiations to end the ongoing city workers strike and delivered a broadside at union president Greg Boulware,

PHILADELPHIA -- A strike being staged by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia entered its second day Wednesday as a judge ordered some emergency service dispatchers and essential water department employees to return to work.