Republic Services, trash strike and Massachusetts
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The complaint sites public health problems caused by Republic Services' “failure to adequately collect trash and recycling.”
With no end in sight for the Republic Services garbage worker strike to end, more free drop-off locations are being organized to keep trash from piling up.
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 picket lines where there are no contract disputes. In California, affected cities include Anaheim, Santa Ana, Inglewood, Compton and Santa Fe Springs.
Teamsters say Republic Services is "unwilling to offer workers good wages." Republic Services says these claims belong "in the trash."
Trash is already starting to pile up at apartment complexes and commercial properties in central San Diego as some Republic Services trash collectors join a sympathy strike with workers in Boston.