CLEVELAND (WJW) — Teamsters Union members picketed Tuesday morning outside a City of Cleveland public works garage protesting what they describe as unsafe garbage trucks and unsafe working conditions.
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Teamsters Local Union 507, last week, sent a letter to city administrators including the mayor demanding their concerns be addressed.
Secretary-Treasurer Dan Chavez wrote, “our members will not operate unsafe equipment or work in unsafe conditions. We expect the City to enforce its own safety commitments and direct its managers accordingly.”
The Union says many City garbage trucks have “unsafe (bald) tires.” Other trucks have missing bolts or “latches, fasteners and securing devices” that are “broken, missing, or otherwise inoperable…”
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That union letter to the City also notes “Inattention to unsanitary and dangerous conditions at multiple locations of the Division of Waste.”
We have reached out to the City for a response to the claims…