Stephen Ursery, Editor, Waste Age Magazine

February 2, 2005

1 Min Read
Waste Management Begins Hiring Permanent Replacements For Striking Workers

Burlington County, N.J. — Houston-based Waste Management Inc. has begun hiring permanent replacement workers for the roughly 180 Teamsters Local 701 members who have been striking against the firm since Jan. 10, according to the Bucks County Courier Times newspaper. The strike has affected garbage and recycling collection operations in Burlington County, N.J., and Mercer County, N.J.

A Teamsters official told the newspaper that the hiring of permanent replacement workers is illegal, a charge that a Waste Management spokesperson has denied.

About the Author(s)

Stephen Ursery

Editor, Waste Age Magazine, Waste360

Stephen Ursery is the editor of Waste Age magazine. During his time as editor, Waste Age has won more than 20 national and regional awards. He has worked for Penton Media since August 1999. Before joining Waste Age as the magazine's managing editor, he was an associate editor for American City & County and for National Real Estate Investor.

Prior to joining Penton, Stephen worked as a reporter for The Marietta Daily Journal and The Fulton County Daily Report, both of which are located in metro Atlanta.

Stephen earned a BA in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

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