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Safety Study for all Commercial Drivers
April 23 -

Give your thoughts on distracted driving and enter to win an iPAD.

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Ohio Teamsters Suspend Strike Over Republic Services' Unfair Labor Practices
April 22 -

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, 23 workers at Republic Services’ landfill in Youngstown, Ohio returned to work after an unfair labor practice strike that began on March 27, 2013.

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WMC-TV: Waste Workers On Strike For 2nd Time In 4 Months
April 18 -

For the second time in four months, Teamsters Local Union 984 workers are on strike.

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WTVG-TV: Garbage Strike Interrupts Service In Toledo
April 18 -

Teamsters Union members that collect the trash in Toledo honored extended picket lines from striking Teamsters at Local 377 in Youngstown today.

Headline News
KIRO-TV: Ohio Labor Dispute Leads To Disruptions In Puget Sound Trash Pick-ups
April 18 -

A garbage strike 2,500 miles away is keeping thousands of Puget Sound residents from getting their trash picked up.

Press Release
Striking Teamsters At Republic Services Extend Picket Lines To California
April 18 -

(San Jose, CA) – Striking sanitation workers from Republic Service’s [NYSE: RSG] hauling yards in Memphis and Millington, Tennessee extended picket lines to California early this morning.

Headline News
Pickets Target Gates-Owned Garbage Company
April 17 -

Allied Waste/Republic Services garbage truck drivers are picketing Wednesday in Seattle, Lynnwood, and Kent/SeaTac, protesting and supporting striking workers in Ohio.

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Second Day of Garbage Strike in Northeast Ohio: Some Get Trash Collected on Time, Others See Delays
April 17 -

Trash collection went as usual for some communities Tuesday, but others saw delays in the second day of the Teamsters strike against a private hauler serving many Northeast Ohio suburbs.

Republic Services Garbage Workers Strike In McDonough
April 17 -

Forty drivers, helpers and mechanics at Republic Services, a waste management company, began a strike in McDonough on Monday, citing what they call unfair labor practices. Efforts to reach Republic for comment were unsuccessful.

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Republic Services Garbage Workers Strike In McDonough
April 17 -

Forty drivers, helpers and mechanics at Republic Services, a waste management company, began a strike in McDonough on Monday, citing what they call unfair labor practices. Efforts to reach Republic for comment were unsuccessful.

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Solid Waste, Recycling and Related Industries

Welcome to the Solid Waste, Recycling and Related Industries web page. We hope this web site will serve as a source of information on the latest developments in the division.

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The Danger of Corporate Landfill Gas-to-Energy Schemes and How to Fix It

This 22-page report, in partnership with Recycling Works and the Sierra Club, examines why organics recycling is an alternative that prevents greenhouse gases and creates jobs.

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Trash and the Public Interest

This 71-page report examines the record of large private trash firms running unsafe operations, disregarding community health standards, polluting the environment and defrauding their own stockholders.

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In Harm's Way

This 38-page report (PDF) by the National Commission of Inquiry Into the Worker Health and Safety Crisis in the Solid Waste Industry looks at how Waste Management Inc. endangers the sanitation workers who protect the public's health.

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