Teamsters’ Survey of Republic Services Employees Reveals Race and Gender Discrimination of Frontline Sanitation Workers – Yahoo Finance

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2022

Released on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, survey finds a majority of Black workers at the waste management behemoth elevated concerns around discrimination and mistreatment

Teamsters’ shareholder proposal calls for civil rights equity audit as Black and brown employees make up nearly half of Republic Services’ frontline workforce

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2022, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is calling for a civil rights equity audit of Republic Services, the second largest waste and recycling company in the U.S. The union, which represents roughly 7,000 Republic Services workers nationally, today released a disturbing survey of employees where a majority of workers of color elevated concerns around discrimination and mistreatment.

With responses from 368 drivers, mechanics, administrative and support personnel, managers and other fro