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.

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.

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.