As garbage workers in rallied in Hamilton Township, New Jersey yesterday the company prepared to start hiring permanent replacement workers. Workers represented by the Teamsters have been striking against Waste Management Incorporated for 22 days with no date set to resume contract negotiations. The company warned strikers last week that if they didn't accept the company's latest offer, they would face the possibility of being replaced. This week the company began collecting job applications for permanent replacement workers. Teamsters officials say that because the strike is a "unfair labor practices" action, the workers are protected from being replaced. The National Labor Relations Board has not yet classified the strike. If the NLRB rules it economic the workers could be replaced.