The City of Edmonds reported Friday morning that an Allied Waste truck struck a pole in the Burlington Coat Factory parking lot at 24111 Highway 99 in Edmonds and spilled diesel fuel into the City’s storm water system on 242nd Avenue Southwest. “If you see diesel fuel in the storm system or in the lake,…
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The latest on Edmonds garbage pickup from Allied Waste
Inclement Weather-Allied Waste Garbage Services-Wednesday November 24, 2010: Commercial and Roll Off operations will be working in all areas. Critical services are being prioritized. Drivers are finding containers frozen to the ground and commodities frozen inside the containers. They are doing the best they can to completely empty containers. Residential operations will not operate today,…
Union approves Allied Waste garbage contract
Members of Teamsters Local 174 on Sunday approved a four-year contract with Allied Waste, guaranteeing garbage pickup service for about 150,000 local customers, according to the Seattle Times, an online partner of My Edmonds News. Allied Waste picks up trash, recycling and yard waste for Edmonds homes and businesses outside the Edmonds Bowl and downtown…
Allied Waste says it reaches tentative settlement with union
The unions representing Allied Waste operators, garbage and recycling drivers in the Seattle area, reached a tentative agreement in advance of a contract expiration at midnight Wednesday, according to Republic Services, Inc., parent company of Allied Waste. Republic Services said in a statement that the company “pleased both local 174 and 117 have recognized Allied…
Seattle Times: Allied Waste garbage strike averted
The Seattle Times is reporting via Twitter that Allied Waste and Teamsters Local 174 have reached an agreement on a contract, averting a strike that was scheduled to take place at midnight. More details will be reported as they become available. No official word yet on the status of labor negotiations with Waste Management Northwest,…
Talks continue, but labor contract for trash haulers expires Wednesday
Allied Waste, which provides nearly all trash pick-up services for Edmonds residents living outside the Bowl, said it will “continue to provide essential service to its customers” if drivers go on strike Wednesday. Republic Services, the parent company of Allied Waste, released the following statement after Teamsters Local 174 on Sunday authorized a strike in…
Union authorizes strike call against two trash haulers serving Edmonds
The Seattle Times, an online news partner of My Edmonds News, reported Sunday that Teamsters Local 174 voted Sunday to give their top negotiator the authority to call a strike against Waste Management and Allied Waste if a contract dispute cannot be settled later this week. The authorization means a strike could be called as…