Philadelphia's AFSCME District Council 33 ratified its new contract with the city, approving the deal that ended an eight-day strike. The strike forced some city libraries and pools to close and halted trash pickup for more than a week, causing large piles of garbage to pile up at the city's temporary drop-off sites.

District Council 33 membership on Monday ratified the tentative agreement the union reached with the city that ended a crippling strike in Philadelphia.