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.