Did New Yorkers Die Because of a Union Slowdown?
December 30th 2010 · 1 Comment
Sanitation Department’s slow snow cleanup was a budget protest
SALLY GOLDENBERG, LARRY CELONA and JOSH MARGOLIN | New York Post
December 30, 2010
These garbage men really stink.
Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts — a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles, The Post has learned.
Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south shore of Staten Island still remained treacherously unplowed last night because of the shameless job action, several sources and a city lawmaker said, which was over a raft of demotions, attrition and budget cuts.
“They sent a message to the rest of the city that these particular labor issues are more important,” said City Councilman Dan Halloran R-Queens, who was visited yesterday by a group of guilt-ridden sanitation workers who confessed the shameless plot.
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This union better have good liability insurance. And since their plowing job was so bad, it sounds like a good case for contracting out.