September 15, 2011: Waste Management’s strategy is simple: divide and conquer.

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September 15, 2011: Local 396 Teamsters at Waste Management in Santa Ana and Irvine, Calif. are in bargaining now for their next contract—and it’s off to a bad start.

December 22, 2010: Over 75 waste Teamsters came from across Southern California to discuss their rights and how to enforce them at the TDU Southern California Chapter meeting.

July 30, 2010: Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $3.16 billion compared with $2.95 billion for the same 2009 period, an increase of $206 million, or 7.0%.

April 28, 2010: Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract.

April 23, 2010: Striking garbage workers in King and Snohomish counties said Thursday afternoon they'd return to their jobs at midnight to prevent a "public health crisis."

April 22, 2010: A strike Wednesday by Waste Management garbage haulers could affect garbage collection throughout Renton, although company officials have said they planned to hire replacement drivers in the event of a strike.

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.

April 20, 2010: Yes, garbage workers are lucky to have jobs in these tough economic times. But The Times seems a little tone-deaf with such statements as “incomes are even burnished by mandatory overtime” [“Quit talking trash; sign a fair contract,” Opinion, April 15].

April 12, 2010: Depending on your viewpoint, Waste Management President Larry O'Donnell's star turn in the CBS reality show "Undercover Boss" confirms everything you need to know about America's largest trash company.

April 1, 2010: A garbage strike has been averted - at least for now.

March 26, 2010: Garbage, recycling and yard-waste haulers for more than 1 million homes in King and Snohomish counties are threatening to strike next week.

March 25, 2010: SEATTLE - Millions of people who live in King County and parts of Snohomish County could see their garbage start piling up if trash collectors walk off the job.

February 15, 2010: Can your boss hack the job you do? If you saw the clever new CBS TV show “Undercover Boss,” you know Waste Management chief Larry O’Donnell doesn’t have what it takes to do Teamster work. He actually got fired.

September 1, 2009: ANAHEIM They routinely sort through trash bags of rotting food, used syringes and even road kill to find what can be recycled.

June 4, 2009: Allied Canada is pushing for concessions from Teamsters.

January 10, 2009: Minnesota waste workers are using a new city law to help join our union.

November 17, 2008: Shareholders of Fort Lauderdale-based Republic Services and Phoenix-based Allied Waste Industries on Friday overwhelmingly approved a deal for the two waste companies to merge.

November 14, 2008: In September, Waste Management forced a disastrous concessionary contract on 240 Milwaukee Teamsters, which stole their pension plan.

October 13, 2008: Waste Management profits are up. And so are their attacks on Teamster members.

October 1, 2008: Ending a strike that began Aug. 26, members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 200 at Waste Management Inc. in the Milwaukee area Sept.

September 29, 2008: Striking Teamsters voted Sunday to accept a new labor agreement and return to work as soon as Wednesday.

September 22, 2008: For the second time in three days, members of striking Teamsters Local 200 rejected a contract offer from Waste Management.

September 19, 2008: Striking Milwaukee Teamsters today unanimously rejected Waste Management’s proposal to replace their pension plan with a 401(k).

September 19, 2008: As we go to press in mid-September, over 200 Teamsters in Milwaukee are in their fourth week of a strike at Waste Management.

September 12, 2008: The leaders of Teamsters Local 200 said Thursday that they have made no decision yet on whether to take Waste Management Inc.’s “last, best and final offer” to union membe

September 11, 2008: Waste Management Inc.

September 2, 2008: Over 200 Teamster strikers in Milwaukee are solid in their commitment to protect their pensions and standard of living, as Waste Management tries to attack both.

August 29, 2008: Some 240 Teamsters went on strike on August 26 against Waste Management in the Milwaukee area.

August 27, 2008: With tens of thousands of Harley-Davidson riders closing in on Milwaukee for days of eating, drinking and partying, union drivers for Waste Management Inc., the region’s major tr

August 22, 2008: Last Saturday, over 100 Local 396 sanitation Teamsters came from across Southern California to have a picnic and build solidarity.

July 21, 2008: In a stinging letter Friday, garbage hauler Republic Services rejected an unsolicited $6.19 billion cash offer from larger rival Waste Management, saying the proposal "seriously

June 26, 2008: Republic Services Inc. agreed Monday to buy larger rival Allied Waste Industries Inc.

March 11, 2008: Waste Management continues to pay the price for recklessly locking out 481 Teamsters in Oakland last summer.

December 5, 2007: Nearly 450 Waste Management Teamsters in Los Angeles reluctantly voted to end a two-week strike on Oct.

November 6, 2007: Local 396 officials ended the strike at Waste Management and let the company permanently replace more than 40 Teamsters with scabs.

October 31, 2007: The strike against Waste Management which began on Oct. 19 in Los Angeles County is over.

October 23, 2007: As the strike of nearly 500 Waste Management Teamsters continues in Los Angeles, the International Union has called a meeting to discuss coordinated action and the national extension

October 19, 2007: Nearly 500 Teamsters at Waste Management in Southern California are on strike, after repeatedly rejecting contract offers that would cut their healthcare.

October 17, 2007: Waste Management Teamsters in Southern California have once again rejected a substandard contract offer that would cut their health benefits.

October 4, 2007: Two thousand Teamster wastehaulers in Los Angeles are mobilizing to protect their healthcare and win just contracts.

July 30, 2007: The four-week Waste Management lockout of 500 Teamsters ended on July 29 when members of Oakland Local 70 voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract.

July 18, 2007: A judge ordered Waste Management garbage haulers on Tuesday to collect all the trash in the East Bay as irate customers vowed not to pay bills for pickups that haven't happened.<

July 17, 2007:San Francisco Chronicle: East Bay garbage company officials and union leaders met Monday with Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums declaring progress toward ending a 2-week-old garbage driver lo

July 11, 2007: PRNewswire-USNewswire: Hundreds of union members locked out by Waste Management Inc (WMI) on July 2 turned out at a rally held in front of the company's Davis Street Transfer Sta

July 12, 2007: Waste Management has locked out 500 Teamsters in Oakland, Calif. for refusing to give in to company demands that they pay a larger share of their healthcare benefits.

July 10, 2007: Waste Management has locked out 500 Teamsters in Oakland, Calif. for refusing to give in to company demands that they pay a larger share of their healthcare benefits.

June 8, 2007: Local 396 Teamsters at Waste Management in Chino and Corona California were told that their new contract would pay them for all of their meal breaks, including the second meal period

May 9, 2007: Teamsters at Waste Management are routinely forced to work off the clock. Now a group of drivers is doing something about it.

May 9, 2007: In a wake-up call to wastehaul Teamsters, Waste Management forced through healthcare cuts on 150 Teamsters in Corona, Calif.

May 9, 2007: Waste Management and other industry giants have been attacking Teamster benefits across the country as part of a national plan to shift healthcare costs onto employees.

The fight by Local 174 Teamsters shows that coordination and solidarity can beat back employer demands for healthcare concessions.

Waste industry giants have declared a nationwide war on Teamster health benefits.