#sanitation-workers

[ follow ]
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

In India, caste still defines who cleans cities DW 07/22/2025

77% of India's sewer workers are from the Dalit community, indicating pervasive caste discrimination in sanitation services.
San Francisco
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Bay Area sanitation workers set to return to work Saturday

Bay Area sanitation workers will resume work after a tentative agreement was reached, ending a two-week strike for better wages and benefits.
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide

"Republic Services has been threatening a war with American workers for years - and now, they've got one," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien in a statement on Wednesday.
US politics
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

Bay Area trash pickup comes to a halt as workers join nationwide garbage 'war'

Bay Area sanitation workers are striking against Republic Services for better wages and working conditions amid a nationwide conflict with the Teamsters.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Bay Area trash pickup comes to a halt as workers join nationwide garbage war'

Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien announced that union members plan to flood the streets and shut down garbage collection across multiple states due to demands for better wages and benefits.
California
#philadelphia
NYC politics
fromNew York Post
4 months ago

Albany pols push bill honoring families of sanitation workers who died of 9/11-related cancers

Family members of late sanitation workers from Ground Zero may receive benefits similar to first responders with the Ignazio Giacalone Act.
[ Load more ]