Garbage Collection Resumes Today

After 88 days of stinky alleys and trashed-up public parks, public garbage collection has resumed and I couldn't be happier.

The city's inside workers settled last week and after a union voting session on Sunday, Vancouver's outside workers are now back on the job, going around to collect the garbage from in front of our homes, cleaning up the mess left on city streets, lanes, and parks. This deal comes after 88 days of strike action.

Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1004 members voted 85 per cent at the city and 81 per cent at the park board in favour of the "tweaked" agreement, which provides the 1,800 garbage collectors, street crew and parks workers with a 17.5-per cent wage increase over five years.

That's two down (inside workers and outside workers) and one to go (library workers).

Source: Canada.com

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