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Republic Services teamsters threaten to strike in Atlanta

Published Feb. 28, 2013
By
Shauna Blackmon Contributor

Dive summary:

  • Atlanta Republic Services Teamsters unanimously voted to authorize a strike if the company continues to prolong negotiations for the workers’ contract.
  • Republic Services has made recent changes in working conditions that have led to the Teamsters filing unfair labor practice charges against Republic.
  • The last meeting between Teamsters and Republic was back in December; since then, Republic has kept pushing back future negotiation dates.

From the article:

The company has been dragging its feet setting dates to negotiate. The last meeting was in December. The company has used excuses of needing to perform a reroute to delay setting future negotiation dates.

During this time, the company has made several changes in working conditions that have resulted in Local 728 filing unfair labor practice charges (ULPs) against the company. About 40 Teamsters work at the location. ...
 

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