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Solid‑waste workers and firefighters urge Raleigh to improve safety, equipment and retirement benefits
Summary
Solid Waste Services employees and a firefighter advocate pressed the council for safer equipment, more reliable vehicles, and a separation (gap) pay commitment for firefighters approaching retirement ages, warning that current conditions threaten service continuity.
Charlene Parker, an equipment operator III with Solid Waste Services, told the council that workers face unsafe equipment, unreliable trucks and chronic managerial failures. Parker said crews drive trucks without working mirrors, defective brakes and vehicles that break down frequently; she warned the council that repeated operational…
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