Dive summary:

• Washington state is attempting to fine Seattle Waste Management $2.14 million for missed service to 135,000 customers during a labor strike last summer.
• It is estimated that during the nine-day strike Waste Management missed a total of 208,567 collections.
• Last September, Waste Management paid the city of Seattle $1.24 million over the strike; now, the city is saying each violation could result in an additional $1,000 fine.

From the article:

Commission investigators found that "Waste Management failed to deploy sufficient replacement drivers to maintain service in accordance with its service conditions, and disproportionately allocated its drivers to contract-city service areas, such as Seattle, to the disadvantage of its customers in commission-regulated unincorporated areas of the counties," according to a news release from the commission office.

A contentious nine-day strike by Teamsters Local 117, which featured mysterious robo-calls to customers and a Twitter campaign spearheaded by Seattle's mayor, ended Aug. 2, 2012, with garbage piled up in some Seattle-area streets. ...