Tighter controls sought

Labor leaders and city officials rallied outside an Atwater Village plant Thursday morning to call for more regulation of the private waste industry. | See photo gallery.Dakota Smith at the Daily News,

"Shame on you, shame on you," shouted union members, who sought to embarrass executives at American Reclamation, which operates the waste sorting facility.

The company is under investigation by California Division of Occupational Safety and Health over worker conditions. The California Labor Commissioner is also investigating retaliation threats made against those who complain at the site.