Sanitation worker is also one of the most dangerous jobs you can do. Being a sanitation worker is more dangerous than being a cop: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/08/most-dangero...

from https://www.bls.gov/emp/documentation/nem-definitions.htm:

No formal educational credential. This category signifies that a formal credential issued by an educational institution, such as a high school diploma or postsecondary certificate, is not typically needed for entry into the occupation. Examples of occupations in this category include janitors and cleaners, cashiers, and agricultural equipment operators.

I didn't look to see if garbage workers specifically get higher salaries, but could be. But even if that's the case, it doesn't seem like a very high salary, so, assuming that unions are not in a zero-sum game, and didn't need to cause other salaries to lower, this sounds like a benefit of unions. Or is it a drawback? I wasn't sure how your statement was taken.

Dunno why the downvoted. here at least, they mske more than a say a nurse.

The comment seems to imply an unjust degree of compensation, or at the least, fails to acknowledge its merits.

Given the charged and rather wanton nature of other comments in this thread, it may be being judged unfairly, though that's not my view.