Teamsters Stike Waste Management

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Workers at Waste Management walked out on strike at 6A this morning. The workers, represented by Teamsters Local 639, drive Waste Management’s garbage trucks and struck over the company’s demand for elimination of the pension plan and wage cuts. Some 88 DC-area workers are involved, along with 125 in the New York City area. A local picketline is up outside Waste Management’s 4900 Beach Place facility in Temple Hills, MD. Stay tuned on the Council’s website for latest updates: www.dclaborarchives.org