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Sanitation Workers Win Raise After Going on Strike—With Community Support

CHULA VISTA, CALIF.—“Who are we?” Teamsters! ?“What do we want?” Contract! ?“When do we want it?” Now! The sanitation workers of Teamsters Local 542 were still in good voice three weeks into their strike, which began Dec. 17, 2021, even as Republic Services started bringing in nonunion out-of-staters as garbage piled up. Republic had refused the Teamsters’ demands for so long that the city …

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The ‘Trashman’ Who Became an Influencer

Leave a Comment / Essential Worker, labor / By max cyril

In the latest instalment of ?“Working People,” we sit down and chat with (former) Philly sanitation worker and Instagram sensation Terrill Haigler?—?or, as listeners may know him, ?“Ya Fav Trashman.” Terrill’s incredible and inspiring story took an interesting turn during the Covid-19 pandemic when he was working for the Philly sanitation department and started an Instagram account where …

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King and Meany Brought Civil Rights and Labor Together for a Legacy That Continues Today

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Beginning in 1960, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and then-President George Meany of the AFL-CIO began a relationship that would help bring the labor and civil rights movements together with a combined focus on social and economic justice. Meany was an outspoken defender of individual freedom, and in March 1960, he emphasized the crucial link between the …

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sanitation workers

Sanitation Workers Win Raise After Going on Strike—With Community Support

King and Meany Brought Civil Rights and Labor Together for a Legacy That Continues Today

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