Replacement drivers on way in Seattle waste strike

Published July 27, 2012 6:48pm ET



SEATTLE (AP) — Waste Management started bringing in replacement truck drivers Friday to pick up garbage in Renton and parts of the Seattle-Everett area where trash has been piling up since a Teamsters strike started Wednesday.

Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and day cares can’t wait for pickups, company spokeswoman Robin Freedman said.

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