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To: bruiser98 who wrote (110282)	4/4/2010 10:32:50 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 116555

Thanks for that link!! Makes much more sense and Mish is definitely correct on this issue, IMO. I know trash delivery is a "dirty job" but it's becoming much less so with the newer automated trash pick up technologies where the driver seldom has to leave the truck as cans are picked up hydraulically. Hawk

To: bruiser98 who wrote (110282)	4/5/2010 9:54:22 AM
From: Jet.Screamer	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Mish stated- By the last year of the contract, the average driver's annual compensation will reach $109,553, Waste Management said, and the company will contribute more than $15,000 per year to each employee's pension fund. He implies the $15,000 contribution is a separate expense and not part of the $109,553 which is not true based upon the document you posted. It would be a clearer description of the facts to state all of the separate expenses that make up the compensation figure. But then it wouldn't seem as outrageous which works against the writer. BTW- I am not trying to defend their salary as $74,000 a year is probably more than most grade school teachers earn.

To: bruiser98 who wrote (110282)	4/5/2010 12:54:14 PM
From: Steve Lokness	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Would be nice to be met by the sun after all this time with it here. Show of hands, how many would be willing to do this job for $27 an hour? If there was an overabundance of qualified people to do this, the company has the option to refuse any increase - and fill in these jobs with non-union workers don't they? There is only 350 of them for goodness sake. I wouldn't pick up rat invested garbage in the middle of the night in Seattle for no 27 bucks!