Strike by Pierce County, Wash., Garbage Haulers Looms after Negotiations End.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: September 27, 2002 | Copyright information

By Barbara Clements, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 27--Negotiations between garbage haulers who pick up trash for about 40 percent of the homes and businesses in Pierce County and Waste Connections have broken off. The contract expires Monday night.

This could lead to a garbage-hauling strike next Tuesday that could eventually involve most of the garbage collection in the county, union officials said.

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