Daily News Report: Trash Bags Sickening Transit Cleaners

In a copyrighted story on the newspaper's website, Daily News Transit Reporter Dan Rivoli devotes an extensive column to a mysterious effect of thick black trash bags which have been ordered by New York City Transit for use in the subways. The bags have a powerful, noxious odor, and are making many Cleaners represented by TWU Local100 ill. Stations Department VP Derrick Echevarria, Division Chair Joe Bermudez, and other officers have succeeded in getting transit to halt delivery of these bags and impound those that remain on the property. A memo from transit Stations VP John Gaito says that bags which emit strong odors will be removed and replaced. TWU Local 100 has sent samples of the bags out for independent testing as we try to identify the reason why they afflicted workers with nausea. The Daily News story reported on one worker who was so affected by dizziness and nausea that she was unable to work. Read the entire article here.