Dive summary:

• Republic Services workers in Memphis, Tenn. went back to work yesterday after almost two weeks of striking.
• The workers and company came to agree on a five-year contract which will provide a pay raise for employees and allow them to drop out of the Central States Pension Fund.
• Some workers say the agreement isn’t exactly what they wanted, but something they can live with.

From the article:

"The new five-year contract will provide a pay raise for employees and allow them to exit the financially ailing Central States Pension Fund in favor of the same 401(k) retirement plan used by Republic's management," Republic spokesman Mike Cohen in a statement, the newspaper said.

A union member told the newspaper that the new contract was "something we can live with."

"Everybody wasn't happy, but overall it's a pretty good contract," Republic Services worker Thomas Moore told the newspaper. ...