Garbage man sentenced to 30 days in jail for waking up rich man

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The only way this begins to make any sort of legal sense (legal sense, not common sense as I see no way for it make that) would if the sanitation company has structured itself so that its employees are technically "subcontractors".

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

In addition to the obvious main outrage that others have noted, it's also crazy that a municipality has so little control over when its own garbage collectors are at work. Even if it is privatized, can't they threaten not to renew the company's contract?

Who says there is a company contract?  There's nothing about trash collection that makes it an inherent monopoly.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

In addition to the obvious main outrage that others have noted, it's also crazy that a municipality has so little control over when its own garbage collectors are at work. Even if it is privatized, can't they threaten not to renew the company's contract?

Who says there is a company contract?  There's nothing about trash collection that makes it an inherent monopoly.

http://news.yahoo.com/let-sleep-georgia-trash-man-gets-30-days-213758415.html

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Obviously someone contracted the company or they wouldn't be collecting the garbage, but that article doesn't say they were contracted by Sandy Springs, so it may not have been the municipality doing the contracting.