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TEAMSTERS WIN NATIONWIDE SANITATION STRIKE AGAINST REPUBLIC SERVICES
The new four-year contract includes a 17% wage increase, improved benefits, and stronger labor protections for unionized Republic Services workers, ending a 99-day nationwide strike.
- Republic Services garbage collectors in Cumming reached an agreement Wednesday that ended the Teamsters' last contract dispute nationwide, said Victor Mineros.
- Thirty-Three unionized Republic Services workers walked off in Cumming at 2 a.m. on July 8 over stalled contract talks about pay, unsafe conditions and unfair labor practices, forcing more than 500 Teamsters off the job in early July.
- Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said workers won raises up to 46% and stronger protections, including health benefits that will save hundreds monthly.
- Union leaders responded with praise, with Sean M. O'Brien stating 'Republic's greed and arrogance were no match for Teamsters' strength and solidarity,' and declaring the four-year agreement benefits employees, customers, and the company.
- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million people, and Sen. Raphael Warnock added pressure earlier in October as over 2,000 sanitation workers struck nationwide.
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Republic Services sanitation workers in Forsyth County are back on the job following a new four-year contract agreement that ends the final Teamsters strike against the waste company nationwide.
·Forsyth, United States
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