Teamster, Political Leaders Pledge Support and Solidarity With Locked Out Workers

[Omaha Steve]

Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire

Hundreds Turn Out to Denounce Waste Management's Lockout of 500 Teamsters
July 11, 2007: 06:58 PM EST

OAKLAND, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of union members locked out by Waste Management Inc. (WMI) on July 2 turned out at a rally held in front of the company's Davis Street Transfer Station to hear pledges of support from local politicians and labor leaders from across the country.

Workers from Teamsters Local 70, Machinist Local Lodge 1546 and International Longshoreman and Warehouse (ILWU) Local 6 are in their second week of an ill-conceived lockout by WMI that has led to trash piling up across the East Bay area. Replacement workers brought in by the company have proven incapable of handling the workload the locked out union workforce has handled without any issues for over 40 years.

"Everyone here knows you would rather be working on the trucks," said Chuck Mack, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 70. "We are not going to let Waste Management dictate the conditions of a contract to any labor union in the Bay Area."

San Leandro City Council Mayor Tony Santos kicked off a speaking program sending a strong message to WMI management -- get your house in order.


Read more: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/DCW10611072007-1.htm

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The info on the rally was posted early this morning in the labor forum.