Municipalities considering contracting out garbage in a bid to lower costs may want to pay attention to a recent CBC report from the City of Ottawa.
The report says that using unionized garbage collectors in the downtown core saved that city almost $5 million over the last four years. The findings were authenticated by accounting firm Ernst and Young who audited the garbage collection program and confirmed the City’s statements.
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Read the CBC report
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Read the article “Garbage In, Garbage Out: the real costs of solid waste collection” on CUPE National’s website
- Read CUPE Senior Economist Toby Sanger’s full report