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.