WOW.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: department of sanitation in chicago jobs

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Water...

    The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois since 1889. Although its name may imply otherwise, it is not a part of the City of Chicago 's local government but is created by Illinois state ...

  3. New York City Department of Sanitation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Department...

    www .nyc .gov /sanitation. The New York City Department of Sanitation ( DSNY) is the department of the government of New York City [1] responsible for garbage collection, recycling collection, street cleaning, and snow removal. The DSNY is the primary operator of the New York City waste management system. [2]

  4. Chicago Department of Fleet and Facility Management

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Department_of...

    In May 2005, Commissioner Picardi was selected by Mayor Daley to head the City's largest civilian agency, the Department of Streets and Sanitation. During Picardi's 4 year tenure at Streets and Sanitation, Fleet Management was headed by Howard J. Henneman, who served as Commissioner until his retirement from City employment in June 2009.

  5. Memphis sanitation strike - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_sanitation_strike

    The Memphis sanitation strike began on February 12, 1968, in response to the deaths of sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker. The deaths served as a breaking point for more than 1,300 African American men from the Memphis Department of Public Works as they demanded higher wages, time and a half overtime, dues check-off, safety measures, and pay for the rainy days when they were told ...

  6. United States Sanitary Commission - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Sanitary...

    The United States Sanitary Commission ( USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War. [a] It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue ...

  7. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sanitary_and_Ship...

    The new Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, linking the south branch of the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River at Lockport, and in advance of an application by the Missouri Attorney General for an injunction against the opening, opened on January 2, 1900. However, it was not until January 17 that the complete flow of the water was released.

  1. Ads

    related to: department of sanitation in chicago jobs