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Monday, April 17, 2006

Tentative pact averts Seattle trash strike

Tentative pact averts trash strike
Intense weekend negotiations between the garbage-haulers union, two firms that employ them and a federal mediator have ensured garbage pickup will continue in King and Snohomish counties for the next two weeks, pending ratification of a final labor contract. The tentative agreement averting a garbage strike was hammered out late Saturday between Teamsters Local 174 and Allied Waste Industries. On Sunday morning, Waste Management and the union also reached a tentative understanding.

 



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