US EditionPicketers Accused of Stealing Trash Truck, Destroying Property as Strike Continues
WESTERN WASHINGTON, JUL 16 – Over 2,000 Teamsters workers nationwide strike over wages and benefits, causing widespread waste collection delays and forcing residents to use alternative drop-off sites.
- On Tuesday, trash pickup delays hit dozens of western Washington cities, amid a Teamsters strike against Republic Services.
- Since July 1, the union walked out over contract demands, leading to a work stoppage by Teamsters Local 25 members at Republic Services.
- Several transfer stations in western Washington are open for drop-offs, including Bow Lake Recycling and Transfer Station in Tukwila, which accepts residential trash, no attribution. Bellevue residents can drop off garbage at Bannerwood Park parking lot from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, no attribution.
- In Seattle, SPU’s contractors continue pickups as usual, and the service doesn’t anticipate any short-term impacts.
- Negotiations could resume as soon as Friday, after the company proposed resuming talks on July 18, but the union declined.
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Whittier Daily News
San Gabriel Valley TribuneSanitation workers’ strike affect Whittier, Rosemead residents
After a three-day walkout, Republic Services sanitation workers were back on the job in east Whittier Thursday, hours after the Whittier City Council declared a public health emergency when trash pickup was delayed in the eastern portion of the city. Republic Services, one of two Whittier contract waste haulers, is embroiled in an ongoing labor dispute with the Teamsters Union in Boston. About 2,000 Teamsters are either on strike or honoring pic…
Republic Services sues striking Teamsters, as latest contract talks fail
Bargaining between striking sanitation workers and the waste management giant they work for have ended in an impasse, as the company asks a federal judge to intervene to stop allegedly criminal negotiating tactics. Members of the Teamsters Local 25 have been off the job since July 1 when their contract expired, and despite several rounds of negotiations, some in the presence of a federal mediator, the latest talks held Tuesday went 12 hours with…
Helena Independent Record
TEAMSTERS EXPAND NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST REPUBLIC SERVICES
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