Sightings of Dirty Joe Rivas at Republic Services of late have become almost nonexistent. Maybe it's because members at Republic began calling him "Punk A** Joe" after his unfortunate decision to seek a restraining order against Local 631 President Kevin Hardison after Hardison observed Mrs Rivas operating the union truck assigned to her husband and demanded an explanation from John Phillipenas. Or maybe Dirty Joe started attending those five hour liquid lunches with Todd Clapper. In any event, we can report that Dirty Joe is in fact alive and well and seems to actually remember how to find the Republic yard as he was reported to have appeared in the flesh today at 11:00 a.m. Of course you won't find many members around at that time of day but it is more convenient for closed door meetings with management/
