trash strike, Massachusetts and Republic Services
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Negotiations between Republic Services and Teamsters broke down late last week. Talks are set to resume Tuesday, but the impacts of the trash strike are growing more pronounced.
Rows of black, green and blue trash bins, some overflowing with rubbish, are lining streets in some Bay Area cities as a workers strike drags into its second week. And residents say it’s starting to become a problem.
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State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in Massachusetts communities and other states across the country.
We will...SHUT DOWN GARBAGE COLLECTION in state after state,' Teamster President Sean O'Brien warns as sanitation workers in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and the Bay Area stop collections to
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Municipal leaders from 13 affected cities and towns sent Republic Services a letter decrying costs, delays and dangers of the 11-day strike.
As work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.