The Taylor Crop Newsletter reports that Teamsters Local 70 in Oakland, California, filed a grievance against Mills College, an 800-student women's institution, accusing the college of violating an agreement with the union by contracting maintenance to non-union workers. Mills had about 40 acres of college property that was infested with poison ivy and hired an outside company called "Goats R Us" to bring in a herd of 500 of the ruminants, which soon devoured the poisonous weeds. The grievance notes that the goats were not registered members of the Teamsters, and seeks back-pay awards for members of the union who lost out on the work; or, as an alternative, an order that the 500 goats be required to join Local 70.

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