[GraceG]

“The city looked at best practices and safe work conditions for the employees and made the choice to go with (automated collections),”

Wow sounds like SEIU was involved in this...

Can’t have the trash men working for a living...

[Don Corleone]

“The city looked at best practices and safe work conditions for the employees and made the choice to go with (automated collections),”

Wow sounds like SEIU was involved in this...

Can’t have the trash men working for a living...

The Cancer that is Chicago is metastasizing downstate!!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Can’t have the trash men working for a living...

There was an infamous City Council meeting here in Pittsburgh years ago that was telecast live on cable. The head of the trash collectors' union was arguing for this same thing. He cited one of his members, who was on disability with a bad back. He said the job had "destroyed his marriage by ruining his sex life". When pressed to explain by a member of Council he became agitated and shot back, "Because when your back goes out, you don't f***!"

Must See TV remembered by many Pittsburghers all these years later.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Read the article. The city manager is trying to cut costs and had considered privatizing trash collection. The union objected to that and the city council caved, so now they're doing this, which will cut the number of drivers needed, since a truck only requires one and he doesn't need to ever get out, saving time. Look for the union to scream.

I think the "safe working conditions" line is hiding something, too. I'll bet that the most common cause of injuries--real or not--for trash collectors is falls getting in and out of the truck. That leads to lost time and disability payments for the city.