Helping Out Old Friends

Kempinski is using his new position to put pressure on Waste Management in favor of the union. 

Germantown Village President Tom Kempinski said today he would seek to sever Germantown’s contract with Waste Management if a strike by the company’s employees causes major problems with garbage pickup.

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Until a year and a half ago, Kempinski was the business agent for the union local that went on strike. However, he said he represented the employees of freight companies and not any waste companies.

I’m sure that his constituents are thrilled.