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New Yorkers Cheer Signing of Commercial Sanitation Reform Bill
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the Commercial Waste Zones Law today at a ceremony in Brooklyn. The law will overhaul how trash is collected from businesses across the city, improving Read More >>
Two years after accident, Teamster delivering for the holidays
As the holiday season gets underway, it means busy days for Mike Everett and his fellow Teamsters in the wine and spirits delivery business. Everett is a member of Teamsters Read More >>
City Council Passes Commercial Waste Zones
The New York City Council passed the Commercial Waste Zones bill (Intro 1574) this afternoon. The new policy will reform a private trash hauling industry responsible for over two dozen Read More >>
NYC Officials Decry Anti-Union Campaign at Leading Art Storage Company
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and other city and state elected officials are throwing their support behind workers organizing a union at New York City’s largest art storage Read More >>
Sanitation Workers Grow their Union
The sun was still below the horizon one September morning at the Department of Sanitation training academy at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, but the excitement in the room was Read More >>
Nation’s Leading Environmentalists back NYC Commercial Sanitation Reforms
Policy Would Allow Emissions Cut Equal to Removing 1 in 5 Cars from NYC Streets As New York hosts Climate Week, 350.org, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sunrise Movement, and New Read More >>