Pierce County, Wash., Garbage Haulers Begin Strike; Company Hires Replacements.

From: The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: October 8, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Barbara Clements

Oct. 8--Garbage haulers who serve about 65,000 customers in Pierce County walked off the job Monday, launching the first South Sound garbage strike industry experts can recall.

About 50 garbage haulers set up pickets around the Fife yard that is the headquarters for D.M., American and Murrey's disposal companies.

But when haulers arrived at the yard early Monday morning after a 5 a.m. vote to approve a strike, they found th...

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