You get money back in garbage strike settlement
Sep 25, 2012, 8:42 AM | Updated: 9:51 am
The 90,000 Waste Management residential customers in Seattle who went without garbage or recycling during the eight day strike in August will see a credit on their November bills. (AP Photo)
(AP Photo)
The 90,000 Waste Management residential customers in Seattle who went without garbage or recycling during the eight day strike in August will see a credit on their bills.
Business and apartment owners will too.
Home accounts will get $10 back and commercial accounts will get $50 for the November-December billing period.
“This was the longest garbage strike in the city’s history, and thousands of residents and businesses were inconvenienced,” Mayor Mike McGinn said. “The good news is that our contract with Waste Management provided for substantial performance penalties for a strike lasting more than seven days – and we were able to use that provision to help bring an end to the strike.”
The mayor said the company worked diligently to fully recover all services, cooperated with the city to reach a prompt settlement, “and is back to performing their usual good service.”
KIRO Radio reporter Chris Sullivan contributed to this report.
