ANOTHER 39 JOBS LOST TO SUBCONTRACTING WITH NOTHING BUT FINGER POINTING IN RESPONSE

Members driving transfer at Republic Services were shocked to learn on Monday that their jobs were being subcontracted out of existence. Kermit Williams and Joe Rivas who have been aware of the job loss since May 6th failed to mention the fact to transfer drivers or at the membership meeting last week. Neither offered an explanation on why they failed to disclose the information for ten full days. Pressed by members, Williams and Rivas have refused to file a grievance challenging the subcontracting and instead blamed former Local 631 President Tommy Blitsch who negotiated the subcontracting language in 2007. The 2007 labor agreement has been plagued with controversy with two different executed copies surfacing  that contain very significant differences.