Truck drivers give union OK to strike

[NikDiesel]

March 3, 2010

Truck drivers give union OK to strike

Chicago truck drivers moved a step closer to a walkout, voting overwhelmingly to allow their union leaders to call a strike -- a move that could cripple city snow removal, garbage collection and airport operations.

Teamsters working in the city Departments of Aviation, Streets and Sanitation, Transportation, Water Management and Fleet Management voted 3-1 via mail-in ballots to give their top negotiators strike authorization.

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Daley has said he doesn't think the truckers will strike.

"These are tremendous jobs. They realize these are great jobs. You get a great salary. You get a great pension," Daley said in January.

And from the sounds of it they aim to keep it that way.