The Co-Op City building workers strike continues, and residents are continuing to voice their concerns over the huge piles of garbage that could attract unwanted furry creatures. CBS 2 visited the scene, deeming it a "stinky mess" since the huge Bronx housing complex creates about, oh, 40 tons of garbage a day.
With the trash chutes closed, residents have had to bring their garbage to the sidewalk; one warned, "It's gonna get nasty because you can't turn raccoons, possums and squirrels loose with all that nice, good stuff to eat." Other people have had to help their elderly neighbors, "How are they gonna walk all the way down there in the morning times or evening times to take their trash down there. It's crazy." The city's sanitation workers aren't going to cross the line unless the Health Department orders them to—CBS 2 reports that DOH inspectors will check out the scene today.
Workers from Local 32BJ have been striking ever since Co-Op City management company RiverBay suggested a four-year wage freeze, but RiverBay says they suggested a 2.33% wage increase every year. Residents wondered about the striking workers, "There are people out here with families that don't have a job at all, and they are not getting anything. So, [at least the strikers] they do have a job."
There is a march and rally planned by striking workers this afternoon.
