Massachusetts trash strike continues
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Teamsters Local 25 and Republic Services walked away from the bargaining table on Tuesday, having made “little progress” on a deal to end the work stoppage.
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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.
Teamsters say Republic Services is "unwilling to offer workers good wages." Republic Services says these claims belong "in the trash."
Some local union workers at Republic Services were honoring a strike in Boston by not crossing the picket line.
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With his trash can in tow, rigged to a wagon on the back of his motorized wheelchair, Adam Elsbernd said he traveled nearly two miles to toss his trash at 2 a.m. to beat the daytime heat.
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Sanitation workers in Chula Vista ended their work stoppage, resuming trash services after honoring a nationwide strike over wages and benefits.
A federal mediator was scheduled to meet with members of the Teamsters Local 25 and the trash company providing garbage services in more than a dozen Bay State cities and towns on Tuesday.
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.