Top Trash Hauler Stiffs Workers

Monday, January 30, 2006

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

 

At the same time Waste Management -- the country's largest waste handler -- is reaping record profits, company negotiators are attempting to undermine the wages and benefits of the company's lowest-paid workers, reports Teamsters Local 639 President Tommy Ratliff. In contract talks between Waste Management (WM) and workers in Washington, D.C., WM managers are pushing a demand that would cut and cap the take-home pay of helpers. And in New York, managers are attempting to force health care co-payments onto the same workforce that has helped make Waste Management very profitable. Watch for updates soon on a local and national campaign for a contract at Waste Management.

 

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