Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Friday night reached a one-year contract extension with the city’s biggest union for municipal workers, ending a months-long standoff and averting a strike that could have halted city services like trash collection.

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.

The agreement includes the highest pay raise with the union in over 30 years along with a one-time bonus and other benefits.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker met with members of AFSCME District Council 33 to announce a one-year contract extension that avoids a strike.