April 21, 2010: Local garbage haulers for Waste Management say they are going on strike because the company is refusing to discuss contract terms with the union.
Pickets went up at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Waste Management facilities, said Union spokesman Michael Gonzales.
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Today, UPS released its first quarter earnings report. The company made $1.7 billion in profit for the first quarter. Profitability beat expectations.
Last year, Local 771 members elected new local leaders on a program of building union power by involving members. Now nearly 500 grocery Teamsters at Albertsons have won a new contract that includes record wage increases and benefit improvements.
