05-01-2011, 11:10 PM
Out here trash collection is done by Waste Management and the workers are unionized. WM has had the contract for our entire region for a very long time. Drivers average around $110K/year plus they have generous pension and health benefits, which they should, given that this is one of the more dangerous professions.
They came close to a strike last spring but worked it out.
We pay around $40/month for weekly trash, recycling and yard waste pick-up. Don't know how that compares to other places but it seems reasonable to me.
Given that privatization of food stamp distribution has already been a disaster in Texas and Indiana, it's only natural that Scott Walker would want to give it a try. Texas had the nation's worst rate of getting food stamps to eligible people while Accenture had the contract. Hey, with success like that, why wouldn't everybody do it?
They came close to a strike last spring but worked it out.
We pay around $40/month for weekly trash, recycling and yard waste pick-up. Don't know how that compares to other places but it seems reasonable to me.
Given that privatization of food stamp distribution has already been a disaster in Texas and Indiana, it's only natural that Scott Walker would want to give it a try. Texas had the nation's worst rate of getting food stamps to eligible people while Accenture had the contract. Hey, with success like that, why wouldn't everybody do it?