Tuesday, August 26, 1975
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Trash pickup debated . . .
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getting 82 per cent of the potential truck collection equipment is required under use.
Foer blamed the low utilization on the condition of the trucks. Of 11 trucks, he said, the average number of trucks not working was about two, the average number of backups trucks aren't functioning.
These are consequences of not having a garage, he said.
"You can't pick up trash without trucks,"
an equipment rack with equipment, a backdraft periodically
McKinney also criticized the differences in individual weight collections for March. He said there was no relationship between the time required for collection and the work performed. Some crews picked up significantly more trash in fewer hours.
and weight of collections wasn't a gauge of work performed. The accessibility of the trash, the amount at hand, and the packaging need to be considered.
Phil Bolander, secretary of the Lawrence Sanitation Workers Union, said the discrepancy between collection routes was outrageous. In Indian Halls, a crew might have to load 18 tons of grass in a poorer area of town there might just be trash Iran.
Commissioner Fred Pence suggested putting a six pack of beer in the middle of the bags of grass to get the workers to go faster.
Forer and McKinney agreed that many of the problems centered on the "inclentit
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Under the system, crews that pick up trash work four 10-hour days. They are given collection routes that must be completed, and they are told that if they finish the route early, they may leave and still collect ten hours' pay.
The number of workers and trucks isn't enough to do six days of trash collection in a 40-hour work week, however. Thus, employees who are paid to employ employees volunteer to work an extra day or two on the routes. Because they have more time to work, shifts they are paid overtime for the routes.
Forer said the workers were blamed for the problems that resulted from the in-
fusion.
"The workers didn't set up the incentive system." Forer said.
No one at the meeting knew who did set up the system.
City Manager Buford Watson suggested getting rid of the built-in overtime. He said that there were a number of workers who worked on the building and then worked overtime to get more pay.
"It's a dead end job," he said. "Nobody set out in life to be a bagman."
Forer said there was a classification problem. Workers who do harder or more difficult work are called 'female workers'.
Forer said a private contractor wouldn't solve the problem. The service in Lawrence homes is free. Homeowners in Lawrence pay less for their service than comparable cities with private collections. Lawrence homeowners get two free home inspections per month to Manhattan, $2.50-$4.30 for once a week;
Watson said he thought the city still should consider bids from private contractors. Even if a private contractor is chosen to do work, the city would still be overrun.
and Merriam, Overland Park, Prairie
and Merriam, Wood and Mission, $40-$85
for once a week.
union cooperates with the city. It has never raised a wage issue or complained about the city's policies.
Mayor Barkley Clark said that if one were chosen all the good employees in the sanitation department would be given other employment.
Forer said he thought the sanitation workers had been misrepresented to Lawrence citizens. He was especially critical of a recently published editorial. He said it made people think that the workers had too much money and power.
The public is being fed false information, he said. If this continues there could be a strike. He stressed that the union was in agreement that it could be forced to call for outside help.
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Forerer said the city need to consider the bad working conditions. The injury rate is 100 per cent, but 900 per cent higher in hotels and restaurants, the hot and dirty, and the job is low status.
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