Dive Summary:
- Waste Management has been ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for violating its service contract during an employee strike which lasted for eight days; the company will also issue 135,000 customers a credit on their next bill for not providing services, which amounts to about $620,000.
- The payment agreement was adopted by the Washington Transportation and Utilities Commission and was approved by state regulators.
- The settlement is a result of a complaint filed by the commission over Waste Management breaking its service agreement during a 2012 strike in which Teamsters union drivers refused to work.
From the article:
The strike, which involved Teamsters Local Union No. 117 recycling and yard-waste drivers with support from the Local Union No. 174 garbage drivers, began July 25 and ended Aug. 2, 2012.
The UTC regulates WM solid waste, recycling and yard-waste collection service in mostly unincorporated areas of Snohomish and King counties, unless service is provided by a city.
The typical WM residential garbage, recycling and yard waste customer with regular service collection will receive a $5 bill credit…
