City Council addresses length of sanitation employees’ work day
Memphis sanitation workers Roy Britt (left) and Mario Norman pick up garbage and some yard waste in the High Point Terrace area on April 10. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The city administration lost the vote on a solid waste fee hike, but it has taken one issue with sanitation services off the table as fewer routes mean longer routes and close to an eight-hour work day for sanitation workers.
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