A Garbage Strike?
- As if the Deep Freeze isn’t enough of a slap in the face, how about this worry for winter-weary Chicagoans? A strike with the potential to paralyze city snow removal, garbage pick-ups and pothole repairs.
Teamsters Local 700 has scheduled a “contract meeting and possible strike vote” for 10 a.m. Sunday to protest the union’s displeasure with contracts talks with the city to replace a 10-year agreement that expired six months ago.
Local 700 represents 2,032 city employees, the biggest chunk of the city’s unionized workforce outside police officers and firefighters.
At least it isn't summer, though the snowplowing could be an issue later this week.
Hey, we just remembered - you know what other Contract expired six-months ago? The one with the police, and that's just the rank-and-file.
Hey, we just remembered - you know what other Contract expired six-months ago? The one with the police, and that's just the rank-and-file.
Labels: contract stuff
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
66 Comments:
Let the fun begin. It's like a rerun of Jane Burne.
Off topic
Dear 007, On behalf of the 9th district, please take back your micromanaging captain/commander.. we here in the 9th district will be ever so greatful. Thank you in advance.
I encourage it!
I will dump my garbage by the back of the stations dumpster which is a private company.
Support unions
Remember when Shortshanks didn't plow and salt the streets except where the Olympic Committee was looking for venues. That an Alderman Ed's street.
I'm sure private contractors will quietly plow, salt and pick up garbage at clout heavy households.
I SMELL RAHM RAT!
Rahm may have paid off or intentionally provoked the Teamsters officials to pull off the strike. If so it would give The Evil One a way of selling off city garbage just like Shortshanks sold the parking meters. Terrible deal for the citizens; great cash cow for campaign contributors.
I'm sure he would keep and probably increase the city's new garbage tax.
(P.S. I wonder why the Teamsters Union hasn't raised a squawk about companies, like Walmart starting to use driverless trucks.)
No biggie. Let them assholes strike.
My garbage will be put in the back of my pickup and summarily fly dumped in ghettos districts driving to and from work.
And on a certain north Hermitage street if the Manling's servants and bootlickers will really be sans BWCs.
PS - fuck YOU rahm.
All of the city contracts (save for fire) are up and Mayor Shortstride is taking his time to make sure we all become “partners” in moving the city forward in the most fiscally responsible way.
No Sgt contract going on 2 years come June.
Typical city politics. Where's all this money going? High taxes, properate taxes, bag tax, garbage tax.....corrupt dirty ass politicians who get rich off the system can't give the working man a raise. Just pay them!
Putting pressure on Rahm to settle before the elections?
I guess he wants too much in contributions before the election?
Private waste management companies can do the job better and cheaper. Im sure someone can also come up with a alternative to using city plows.
I always love having to pay city of chicago trades people the prevailing rate even though they're getting the job security and benefits that private industry trades people don't get.
I wish Police could strike!
That is the only way these fucking politicians and crooks would listen to our demands!
KMA Not a company man!
These people have the best job in the city. They drive a truck, and literally do nothing else but drive a truck.
The paramedic on an ambulance gets out of the ambulance and delvers hands-on emergency medical service. The firefighter gets out of the truck and provides hands-on rescue or fire suppression work. The cop gets out of the car and provides hands-on law enforcement, even the political hacks on Rahm's security detail provide hands-on service like picking up his dry cleaning or humping his luggage.
But that driver of the city trucks, streets and san, forestry, water, transportation, sewer department etc. literally drives a truck and nothing else. He or she literally drives other people to work sites, then literally sits in the truck until their done then transports them back. Great work if you can get it, right?
I don't think it's unreasonable at all to have them get out of the truck once at the job site and pick up a shovel, rake or broom for the six figure salary the vast majority of them are making.
Apparently these Teamsters calling for a strike have never been outside of Chicago on a garbage collection day, otherwise they'd be aware that companies like WASTE MANAGEMENT have fleets of truck staffed by a single person who drives next to a waste receptacle, then depots a mechanical arm that lifts the container overhead into a bin on the truck, then moves own to the next waste receptacle.
Here in Chicago the collection system calls for a driver, and two people behind the truck physically moving the trash receptacles to the back of the truck where a mechanical arm then lifts them.
Switching to the system other municipalities use would literally eliminate 2/3 rds of the labor costs...
I'm thinking these TEAMSTERS need to sit down and STFU...
To 03:08:00 A.M. The union workers for the private contractors make MORE than the city employees! They got the lady pay raise. Their insurance is paid for by the employer! Their pension is fully funded! Dont talk if you don't know.
All you calling for privatization types better not be coppers/fire/ems. If the sawed off midget can break Streets and San, it sets the table to break you too! The Cocked Hat Dude & Co. Peoples Community Security Forces at $12/hr
I'm not worried. I make sure my garbage always smells sweet.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Plan to dump your garbage on Hermitage Ave. Apparently no cameras to catch you!!
"Private waste management companies can do the job better and cheaper."
Not true. Remember when Rahm decided to go half-sies with his little experiment? It was determined that it was not cost-saving. And did they roll it back in from the privates? Of course not.
Further, the city guys will actually haul everything in your goddamn alley. The private guys slap a tag on it and say it's too big or that you're not following the recycling rules.
Stop dumping on the other trades, too. If you really want this asshole out in 2019, we all need to stick together. He's fucking all of us at every turn.
I'm a retired cop, and I hope they strike. If the teamsters picket city hall I will be there.fuk rahmie.
Let the city burn!
Be careful city could privatize those services. Just waiting for an opportunity. This would payoff on two fronts. First an opportunity to reward more connected "friends of city hall". Second and more importantly a new revenue source for the 50 thieves and mayor. Who needs 75K a year garbage men. Your time is coming to an end. The last six months were a delaying tactic to get plans in place. Each ward will get the current city trucks for snow removal and hire their friends @ $25/hr. Garbage will be picked up by Waste Mgnt. The one final step is a raising of collection fees 50%.
Just remember, if you fly-dump your personal garbage in Englewood or Austin on your way to work to remove your personal info, utilty bill stubs, junk mail, bank stubs, anything with your home address. And especially check for junk mail that says "to the residents at....."
Large items can be placed alongside South Doty Avenue. Happy fly-dumping!
If you really want to know where the money is going ask the 50 AlderCreatures, or better yet have the Feds ask them.
Another example of Rahm Emanuel's hypocrisy:
The City Colleges of Chicago is staffed by adjunct faculty members who teach about sixty percent of the classes. Their union contract expired on July 1, 2012. The City Colleges (controlled by Rahm) has been twice cited for "unfair labor practices" primarily for failing to negotiate in good faith with the union.
City College adjuncts earn chump change compared to their suburban counterparts. Remember this when Emanuel is boasting about how great the City Colleges are and how a diploma or certificate earned at the Shitty Colleges of Chicago is a passport to success.
Most city of Chicago employees’ contracts are up. This was Daley’s doing to guarantee peace through the 2016 Olympics. It would actually be very interesting if all of these union leaders would ya know communicate even a little bit and come across as a united front. Maybe call out Rahm and city hall for all there spending and give aways, for when he’s says he can’t afford raises. At least hold a press conference together where you have a number of union presidents stating that they are trying to settle a contract but the city doesn’t even meet with us. It hey what do I know. I’m sure your private sessions and “gentleman’s agreement” will work out just great.
The garbage people are fuckin useless anyway! Go privatized just like for the recyclables. The garbage guys are sooo lazy, work at a snails pace and it looks like a city garage on North Harlem ave at lunch time where about 20 trucks gather to eat together. Imagine police gathering like that for lunch? I also agree, ill take my garbage and dump it at the station or behind the mayors house. If they are charging me for service, i better get it picked up. Fuck this City already!
Anonymous said...
Private waste management companies can do the job better and cheaper. Im sure someone can also come up with a alternative to using city plows.
1/03/2018 03:07:00 AM
Actually, our garbage men are the best. They pickup everything, no questions asked. Try to get a private company to do that. Ain't happening.
Hope it snows really hard when on strike. Would be fun to hearing all the passing and moaning. The community would not be challenged much since most don't have to get to a job. Could be a problem for all Southside nail salons though. On second thought a real blizzard with 30-40 inches of lake effect snow would be better. That would guarantee Rahm's not being elected again. A Erie Pa. Like snowfall would be perfect to show how inept and clueless the current office holders are.
I hope they do go on strike. Let the garbage and snow pile up. That is about the only two things that get people in this city to vote the incumbent out. Now if only that worked on the Cook County Board politicians too.
Private waste management companies can do the job better and cheaper. Im sure someone can also come up with a alternative to using city plows.
Alternative to city plows? Easy. Rahm will issue an edict that all employees, as a condition of employment, attach plow blades to the front of their cars so they can plow the streets as they come and go from work.
Can you imagine how much ca$h there would be for cities, counties, states and even a country if there was not such a thing as a sanctuary city, a church (Catholic) that says "we have a no walls" or a country (USA) that basically has no border policy! But put up a wall and you are to be dealt with! Free services for illegals, free college, free meals, free, free, free...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_movement Maybe because most from South/Central America might be Catholic. The hell with the "stupid" people who built the church!
As heard on EWTN one night, "if the Pope likes this so much, why doesn't he open Vatican City?"
My last 6 years before I retired was in a wage freeze. However, 5% of the budget went to fund county welfare. Then you worked OT, day off, etc. Piss on 'em! One of my bosses told me once "the bosses hate you, because you can easily make more money!" (He meant collectively, not me, personally.) The bosses would cry as they were squeezed between their bosses and the troops! They might have known this going into that job. Then, a new person would be at the top every few years and guess what. It was the flavor of the day: one wanted this, that, everything else and those a-holes were lost in the shuffle!
You people (public servants) make the city run! These SOBs love to divide and conquer. Fact is, we all kinda got along. Blacks, whites, men, women. We were all looked down on by "the man" or woman, as the case may be.
Too, you can bet your mayor has disdained the worker, the commoner, the peon for a while. Remember, he is "way better" than the common folk...or so he thinks!
Socialism is great until you run out of other peoples money.- Margaret Thatcher
http://www.answers.com/Q/Who_said_socialism_works_until_you_run_out_of_other_people%27s_money
Be strong.
NOT ILLINOIS. NOT LAW.
God bless them, if they pay the garbage men more, they need to pay us more. FOP should work with their local and see if they will ask for an elimination of residency.
You can say... their contract is garbage😮
Just dump your garbage on the mayors block. You know it will get picked up there strike or no strike.
Who cares they don't plow mt greenwood streets until days after it snows. To busy plowing Englewood streets. I have a pickup anyway let it snow. Another good job rahm
So am going to be reimbursed my garbage fee I pay
Teamsters Local 700 deserve a fair contract.
Come on now. Let's not knock them.
The Sleazy POLITICIANS are the Enemy!
Right now it’s only $8.50 a month to have the truck stop by the house once a week (remember when it was free?).
And they want you to put cans and bottles in here, coffee grounds and banana peels in there.
Piling up garbage is the least of the many problems Rahm has.
Ol pal Rauner wants to bust unions with right to work legislation.
No dues = No donations.
Go ahead and strike.
Beware of C-C-Cholly Williams, police sanitation guru, the original Right Man for the Right Time, will use his powers to replace the last of any laborers lingering kin from the the Marzullo era.
So blow it out your ass Rahm.
Everyone knows the wet ramin noodle will cave in like he does every year for the CPS.
Votes are currency and it’s his last chance to scam the city workers with a wage increase before the election.
Anonymous said...
Private waste management companies can do the job better and cheaper. Im sure someone can also come up with a alternative to using city plows.
1/03/2018 03:07:00 AM
Actually, our garbage men are the best. They pickup everything, no questions asked. Try to get a private company to do that. Ain't happening
I agree my garbage men are great no complaints here. Pay them properly. We go private we’d be down to one can and they wouldn’t pick up anything outside the can. They also won’t do a “heavy” can.
I will say this. The Mayor really wants to break this union. Then he will break the next union. When we moved into the city the guys on the trucks took everything. Now not so much I stand behind the Teamsters and the laborers We need those employees to keep our neighbors employed so that the Reader keeps putting is u as the worst neighborhood to live in. It takes a village and we are the best place to live
Does this mean I'll get a refund on my water bill for trash collection if they go on strike and don't pick it up?
Actually, our garbage men are the best. They pickup everything, no questions asked. Try to get a private company to do that. Ain't happening.
They both complain...they are human you know.
Almost every city union contract expired 6 months ago.
Remember, the city begged every union to allow an extension so that the City could bargain every union all at the same time.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
No Sgt contract going on 2 years come June.
No one gives a fuk bro. Any Fuks given about anything stopped 2 years ago. Like your next contract!!
They’ll have Rahm by the short hairs.
One man garbage trucks in the burbs. ♠️
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Off topic
Dear 007, On behalf of the 9th district, please take back your micromanaging captain/commander.. we here in the 9th district will be ever so greatful. Thank you in advance.
1/03/2018 12:05:00 AM
Yes he’s a tool.
He’s concerned with things he shouldn’t be concerned with and the stuff he should be concerned with he ignores.
Our garbage men definitely deserve a raise. If you forget to put the cans out or are on vacation, our g-men will go get the cans themselves. They do a great job in Edison Park.
Gentlemen, let me remind you of the 1901 novel
by Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, chronicling the
slaughter house horrors found in Chicago at the
turn of the century. Horrible working conditions,
workers maimed and killed.
Today's Sanitation Engineers have a much safer,
much more lucrative profession. Where else can
an ex-con go back to society and make $100K?
"Here in Chicago the collection system calls for a driver, and two people behind the truck physically moving the trash receptacles to the back of the truck where a mechanical arm then lifts them."
Before he graduated to a career in organized crime, "Diamond Jim Colosimo" cut his teeth as a top precinct captain for Aldermen "Bath House" John Coughlin and Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna of the 1st Ward. His source of power was that he was the leader of the street sweepers that required lots of unskilled laborers to shovel horse shit in addition to removing garbage. Political patronage dictated lots of laborers and the practice did not end when automated garbage trucks became available. "Big Jim" became a wealthy man and owned a mobbed up restaurant until Alphonse Caponi knocked him off.
This is exactly why the city has a no-strike policy with our union and, ironically, why the median time for contract resolution to be around three years. Imagine if coppers said, “summer will include a strike every Saturday until we get what we want.” After a couple of those everybody would love the police. Fuck it, I’m goong to go invest in lube so the city doesn’t completely wreck my ass.
City garbage crews are the best
He’s concerned with things he shouldn’t be concerned with and the stuff he should be concerned with he ignores.
Please elaborate..
Anonymous Anonymous said...
These people have the best job in the city. They drive a truck, and literally do nothing else but drive a truck.
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What about when people say that about us? You say, “no no no, you don’t understand, we save the world” bla bla bla. I’m not a garbage man, I don’t know the shit they deal with and to be honest, I don’t fucking care even if they only drive a truck. They have to pay attention and stop and go constantly their whole tour. Garbage smells and they are forced to sit for long periods of time. Try not being such a presumptuous cockbag. You don’t like it when it’s done to you, don’t do it to others. Even before the ACLU effect, you mean to tell me every cop was a hard charger? Why didn’t you give your “pick up a shovel” pep talk to them back then? I doubt there’s an age requirement, why don’t you apply to be a garbage man since you call it the “best job?” It’s a job, bro. We deal with shit, they deal with shit, so get over your self-righteous bullshit.
I’ve never had a problem with them and they’ve been great the whole time I lived here (my whole life) with takin extra garbage and I learned from my family to show your appreciation when they do. I support our union and others against the little sawed off ballerina boy.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Almost every city union contract expired 6 months ago.
Remember, the city begged every union to allow an extension so that the City could bargain every union all at the same time.
1/03/2018 07:49:00 PM
CPD supervisors expired a year and a half ago
Privatize Streets n Sans? Watch what you wish for. Our G Men pick up everything from old T.V.s to sofas. Try getting some private company to do that.
Anonymous said...
Another example of Rahm Emanuel's hypocrisy:
The City Colleges of Chicago is staffed by adjunct faculty members who teach about sixty percent of the classes. Their union contract expired on July 1, 2012. The City Colleges (controlled by Rahm) has been twice cited for "unfair labor practices" primarily for failing to negotiate in good faith with the union.
City College adjuncts earn chump change compared to their suburban counterparts. Remember this when Emanuel is boasting about how great the City Colleges are and how a diploma or certificate earned at the Shitty Colleges of Chicago is a passport to success.
1/03/2018 08:23:00 AM
Is the city planning on using the millions of dollars they received for the sale of the city colleges broadcasting frequencies they sold through the recent auctions? That should be enough money to negotiate in good faith with the union.
They do a great job keeping eh area clean, give them a raise along with the snowplow drivers, at least if they strike it will be freezing cold out and the garbage will not stink until the thaw! Hey rahm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGAmPRxV48
Hey another not Kevin has rahm made the pension payment to CPD pension fund due 01JAN18? Please you look at this blog along with kenny hauser constantly don't be scared stand up and tell us!
A garbage man once told me: "It's a great job. 50k a year and all the food you can eat."
Being a garbage man is hazardous. Hidden hazmat dangers, infected needles, and shards of glass are what they encounter. Not to mention the back injuries, hernias, and cuts they get. Try to think of that when over-stuffing your garbage can with 100# of crap. Thats why robotic trucks are in use; they dont file Workman's Comp claims, make faster pickups, and require one guy using a joystick instead of 2 riding on the back lifting cans.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This is exactly why the city has a no-strike policy with our union and, ironically, why the median time for contract resolution to be around three years. Imagine if coppers said, “summer will include a strike every Saturday until we get what we want.” After a couple of those everybody would love the police. Fuck it, I’m goong to go invest in lube so the city doesn’t completely wreck my ass.
1/03/2018 10:48:00 PM
Not just in the contract, but Illinois law.
Privatize Streets n Sans? Watch what you wish for. Our G Men pick up everything from old T.V.s to sofas. Try getting some private company to do that.
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It is illegal in the state of Illinois to dispose of old TVs and other waste in landfills. They are required to be recycled. So unless the city garbage collectors are segregating the waste there is likely some kind of civil violation. IIRC the fine is $7000 for each violation. I am not sure who is in charge of enforcement.
Whenever I could I'd meet the regular garbage crew with bottles of chilled water and Burger King gift cards at Christmas. If I had something extra, no problem. Now with the changes I never see them.
They were good people and I hope they get what they deserve.
It is illegal in the state of Illinois to dispose of old TVs and other waste in landfills. They are required to be recycled. So unless the city garbage collectors are segregating the waste there is likely some kind of civil violation. IIRC the fine is $7000 for each violation. I am not sure who is in charge of enforcement.
1/04/2018 05:24:00 PM
Apparently, you are opinionating under the illusion that there is such a thing as law involved in the city of I don't give a shit.
Though, one might notice your penchant for the picking of the nits.
Were you raised by insects of the type whose sole purpose was to create a new rule to impose upon you every, say, hour on the hour?
And did this experience of your weaning not induce within your presumably not insect spirit an aversion to the picking of nits?
Or was being on the receiving end of nit pickery merely mother's milk to you?
I only inquire because I've always wondered how anyone could not find full satisfaction in picking one's own nose, and leave all others be.
4:52 am. You are 100% correct , 7 years ago when that dancer was elected he was shown video of a light bulb crew , three men to change a light bulb . He claimed this type of wate of manpower would end . Still going on as you said forestry ,public works ,garbage collection .
All making $35.00 an hour and up to sleep ,read while others work .
Waste management one man garbage collection , very efficient .
Why does rahm need a police detail at his house ? Give that dancer two blue light cameras .
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