Republic Services, trash strike and Greater Boston
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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.
Both the City of San Diego and Teamsters confirmed to ABC 10News that the solidarity strike has ended, indicating that Republic Services' trash services will be fully restored for residents.
Several cities and towns in Greater Boston are taking a private sanitation company to court, saying its prolonged worker strike has led to piles of uncollected trash, hordes of rodents and a foul stink in the air.
Sanitation workers in Clairemont ended their work stoppage, resuming trash services after honoring a nationwide strike over wages and benefits.
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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With sanitation workers still on strike in some Massachusetts communities, trash is piling up outside businesses and homes.
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.
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.