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� ethic s <br /> rm <br /> Op SAtrO% <br /> 1800 SO. GRAND • SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92705 • (7141 558-7761 <br /> July 28 , 1975 <br /> Mr. Bruce Spragg <br /> City Manager <br /> City of Santa Ana, <br /> California <br /> Dear Bruce: <br /> The ability of Great Western Reclamation, Inc. , a subsidi- <br /> ary of SCA Services, Inc. , to provide almost uninterrupted <br /> rubbish service to the City of Santa Ana during the recent <br /> Orange County wide rubbish strike ig, in my opinion, very <br /> significant. <br /> While most other Orange County cities had almost no resi- <br /> dential service and only limited commercial service, Great <br /> Western was able to bring in supervisory personnel from <br /> other SCA companies to handle the equipment and supervise <br /> the inexperienced personnel hired. This was very expensive <br /> for Great Western Reclamation - costing approximately <br /> $47, 500 . <br /> The fact that Great Western was able to cover all routes <br /> in the City of Santa Ana, greatly increased the bargaining <br /> position in our negotiations with the Teamster' s Union. <br /> The original union demands were in excess of $5 . 00 per hour. <br /> We believe that the final driver' s scale of $4. 00 per hour <br /> the first year, $4. 25 the second year and $4. 50 the third <br /> year, to be a fair settlement. <br /> It is my understanding that the City of Santa Ana pays a <br /> laborer a higher hourly scale. As a further comparison, <br /> the City of Newport Beach handles their own residential <br /> rubbish. Their driver scale was $5. 28 per hour while <br /> SOLID WASTE CONTROL <br />