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Milwaukee Teamsters local 200 enters the fifth week of its strike against Waste Management today. Jesse Russell reports.

The latest offer by Waste Management to striking Milwaukee garbage workers was rejected on Sunday. The workers walked off the job on August 26 over issues regarding pensions funds. The company wants to move the workers from the Central States Pension Fund to a new fund because they allege the Central States Fund is losing money. The Teamsters represent the striking workers and they are offering a plan similar to the one recently reach with UPS. The company has been hiring replacement workers to keep the garbage from piling up. Waste Management covers six-counties in its pick-up region and some areas have reported missed pick ups.
Teamster 200’s Tom Benvenuto says the workers are fighting for a fair contract.

[Benvenuto]: “Unless the company can come up with an alternative, equal retirement package our guys are saying no."