Trash strike ends
It's back to work today for Waste Management Inc. truck drivers and mechanics who ended a two-week strike and have a new five-year labor contract containing the same provisions they had previously rejected. Daily News.
An estimated 225,000 customers in areas such as Inglewood, Carson, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes, Manhattan Beach, South Gate, Long Beach, Huntington Park and portions of the San Fernando Valley, were affected by the strike, which began Oct. 19.
The strike did not affect residents in the city of Los Angeles, but an estimated 29,000 businesses in the city contract with Waste Management for garbage collection.
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