Dive Brief:

• Sanitation workers from two different haulers in Maryland returned to work after striking for two weeks.
• Employees from Potomac Disposal accepted a three year agreement which includes a pay increase, one day of holiday pay, plus vacation and sick days.
• ​Unity employees ended the strike after the Laborers' International filed complaints on behalf of the workers, who feel they have gotten their point across.

Dive Insight:

Unity employees were seeking the chance to form a union, while those at Potomac Disposal did not find a resolution to the driving force behind the battle: affordable health care.