Sanitation Workers Return but Garbage Piles Remain

Trash collection resumes in Renton after Republic Services strike

Customers should place carts out for collection by 6 a.m. and can add twice the amount of bagged garbage to make up for the missed collection dates.

Teamsters workers ratify contract at Republic Services’ Manteca, California, landfill

The agreement means workers will end their strike, but legal action from affected communities remains a threat. Strikes also continue in other parts of the country.

Teamsters smell bad faith

After a sympathy strike produced a two-week pause in trash collection, Teamsters drivers in Fairfield and Suisun City are back on the job. But tensions remain high. The drivers had been off work in solidarity with fellow Republic Services workers on strike in San Joaquin County, who reached a tentative agreement Friday. Yet as garbage pickup resumed over the weekend, Fairfield and Suisun drivers say Republic is now violating its own local contra…

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By Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story    STOCKTON, California (KCRA) -- A big sigh of relief for residents in

Sanitation workers return but garbage piles remain

By Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story     STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — A big sigh of relief for residents in Stockton and some Bay Area cities, as workers have voted to approve a five-year contract with Republic Services. The contract approval ends a two-week-long strike. But the garbage is still piling up. “I have four kids, so, yeah, so much trash,” said Esmerelda Duarte. The sights and smells on the streets still aren’t so …

Sanitation workers return but garbage piles remain in Stockton

A big sigh of relief for residents in Stockton and some Bay Area cities, as workers have voted to approve a five-year contract with Republic Services.