Republic Services, trash strike and Massachusetts
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Jerry Lee Martinez, the baby's grandfather, was charged with abandoning a child with criminal negligence after the newborn was found in the trash.
Residents currently pay $90 a year for a 95-gallon trash barrel that the city’s Department of Public Works collects once a week. If people have overflow, they can put out extra bags, as long as they attach a $2 city trash sticker on it, said Christopher Cignoli, public works director.
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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.
Governor Maura Healey weighed in on the weekslong strike thwarting trash pickup in at least 14 Greater Boston communities on Thursday morning, urging Republic Services to reach a deal.
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A Billings family says their trash was skipped this week, even though the city’s proposed stricter trash pickup policy hasn’t taken effect.
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