L.A. city sanitation workers disciplined for on-duty protest
Source: LA Times
Months after dozens of city trash trucks circled Los Angeles' civic center as part of a union-backed protest, a city official said more than 100 sanitation workers have been disciplined for taking part in the demonstration while they were on duty.
Enrique Zaldivar, who heads the Bureau of Sanitation, said the 102 workers received written reprimands for engaging in "workplace wrongdoing." He declined to provide specifics, but said workers were warned they would face more consequences if it occurs again.
The hulking trash and wastewater trucks descended on downtown L.A., horns blaring, for the July 1 demonstration sponsored by Fix L.A., an advocacy group whose members include several city labor unions. The event, protesting what the group described as "predatory" banking fees being paid by the city, snarled traffic around the Civic Center during much of the morning rush hour and culminated in a rally outside City Hall.
Councilman Bernard C. Parks later wrote Mayor Eric Garcetti demanding an investigation of city vehicle use during the protest. This week, he said sanitation workers who left their assignments to attend the protest should have received more severe penalties.
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And piss on Bernard C. Parks. Let him go pick up some garbage. 
