“It’s the Wild West out here.” - @Teamsters Local 813 President Sean Campbell shows the @nytimes the underbelly of the private carting industry: long hours, low pay, and dangerous worker exploitation https://t.co/sPfUoVKtoP
.@Teamsters Local 813 took the @NYTimes on a tour of the private sanitation industry recently, to see how labor abuses lead to low recycling rates https://t.co/69hKIz8tVG
HUGE: @NYCMayor signs the Commercial Waste Zones bill into law!
This historic waste zones law will bring:
✅accountability for small biz
☑️protection for workers + pedestrians + cyclists
✅enviro justice for impacted neighborhoods
☑️climate action for the whole city.
Thrilled that - after a 6 year (some more like 25 year) campaign, Mayor finally signed our Commercial Waste Zones Bill into law yesterday. This new law radically reforms NYC’s commercial waste system. We expect safer streets, cleaner air and reduced climate change impacts.
Thank you @JustinBrannan for standing with private sanitation workers and the @Teamsters in the fight to pass commercial waste zones and create good jobs in our industry #1u#PassCWZforNYC
Thank you @NYCSanitation and @CMReynoso34 for joining @Teamsters Local 813 private sanitation workers at our membership meeting to discuss commercial waste zones and how we are raising standards in our industry #DontTrashNYC#1u
.@CMReynoso34 talks to private sanitation workers at @Teamsters Local 813 meeting: “The amount of hours the private carters make you to work is ridiculous.” Commercial Waste Zones will make our routes 50% shorter #1u#PassCWZforNYC
The Commercial Waste Zones bill is a big win for private sanitation workers. Worker safety training, strong oversight, shorter routes, worker retention provisions, rate floor, whistleblower protections. “We want to see investment in the workforce.” #PassCWZforNYC#1u
Trump administration proposes expanding logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest - The Washington Post. So much damage has been done in such a short time. https://t.co/kLjK6C16u6
“...the bill shows that fighting climate change and improving air quality are essential aspects of taking out the garbage.” Via- @CrainsNewYork https://t.co/ddeGMhtzHM
Allan, with @TeamstersJC16 is right: NYC's private trash collection system is broken and needs to be reformed. The Commercial Waste Zones bill is essential for worker standards and safety, #SafeStreets and the future of our climate. #CWZnow!