{"id":502190,"date":"2010-04-01T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T18:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2011499491_garbagehaulersstrike.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2010-04-01T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T18:46:22","slug":"garbage-haulers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/502190","title":{"rendered":"Garbage haulers strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

While thinking about garbage-collection workers, make room for teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Priority check time: Garbage-collection workers are already paid more than teachers. Which can we afford to upgrade first? [\u201cStrike looms as talks continue,\u201d NWTuesday, March 30.]<\/p>\n

As long as society values garbage collection more than education, we will remain knee-deep in muck. A good garbage strike will only give us a deeper pile to sort through.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m as pro-union as they come. Garbage collection is one of society\u2019s highly necessary and most dangerous jobs. Union workers have every right to stand up to unfair management practices of intimidation, mandatory overtime, threats of job loss and more. Lets not get into exposure to disease, violence and daily backbreaking toil.<\/p>\n

How is this a different for a teacher?<\/p>\n

In some schools, the psychological intimidation factor from administrative superiors and students would curdle your coffee on a regular basis. Mandatory overtime is written into the contract and covered under professional expectations \u2014it comes with the job and it is unpaid.<\/p>\n

Threats of job loss and more? After three years, teachers are impossible to cut loose without just cause and a good lawyer, but wait until June when budget cuts hit home. We\u2019ll see what a guarantee of employment means when the pink slips go out.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Al Tietjen, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n

Workers don\u2019t realize how lucky they are<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is the union insane or simply hubristic?<\/p>\n

With unemployment hovering at 10 percent, they should be glad to have jobs at all.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it \u2014 garbage collection doesn\u2019t require an advanced degree. There are many able-bodied people who would jump at the chance to make the kind of money and get the benefits garbage collectors receive.<\/p>\n

If the garbage collectors go on strike, I hope Waste Management and Allied Waste will have the guts to hire permanent replacement workers. Some people don\u2019t know when they\u2019re well off.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Daniel Gilmore, Des Moines<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While thinking about garbage-collection workers, make room for teachers Priority check time: Garbage-collection workers are already paid more than teachers. Which can we afford to upgrade first? [\u201cStrike looms as talks continue,\u201d NWTuesday, March 30.] As long as society values garbage collection more than education, we will remain knee-deep in muck. A good garbage strike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2861,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}