His dad, "Big Russ, " was a sanitation worker who had often worked two shifts to make ends meet.

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If true, this is great for Wall Street because sanitation worker pensions thereby become eligible to purchase complex, opaque investments.

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The Posens' printer joined the massive piles of computers and TVs and printers something like 60, 000 pounds of equipment, a public sanitation worker estimated.

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The official color of the sanitation worker's uniform is "spruce, " and in my duties with the department, I discovered that the outfit acts as a cloaking device.

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The public never notices when a sanitation worker slips something into the mongo bin (a box attached to the side of the truck, meant to hold tools but more often used for such stash).

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The problems stemmed from not registering the workers, inadequate temporary worker housing on site, improper sanitation, no break-room area for lunch and no restrooms.

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