Posted on 03/23/23
| News Source: WBAL
Baltimore City Council president Nick Mosby believes the city should look at day laborers to fill some vacant city jobs.
It's been more than a year since city sanitation had to roll back services like weekly recycling.
Mosby told C4 and Bryan Nehman on Thursday that he endorses the bill to use day laborers to fill up to 700 vacancies at five different agencies, including the Department of Public Works, to help collect recycling and trash.
He also noted that this would be a temporary fix.
A city-commissioned study last year found the agency is short about 100 workers.
At a hearing on Wednesday, department heads and labor union officials cited concerns over training and liability issues with using day workers.