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Trash Strike Talks Resume As Towns Scramble, MA Leaders Mount Pressure On Republic Services
MULTIPLE U.S. STATES, JUL 14 – Over 2,000 Teamsters are striking against Republic Services for better wages and job protections, causing trash collection delays and mounting garbage in multiple U.S. states.
- On July 16, 2025, over 200 Genesis Logistics Teamsters will hold a practice picket in Stafford, Virginia, demanding a fair first contract.
- This event follows a nationwide strike by Teamsters initiated in Boston on July 1 due to stalled contract talks with Republic Services.
- Republic Services, headquartered in Phoenix with about 42,000 employees and $2 billion in profits last year, faces ongoing service disruptions and public health concerns from uncollected garbage.
- In a July 14 letter to Jon Vander Ark, the company's president, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio described the workers' demands as "reasonable and essential," while Local 25 President Mari highlighted ongoing disagreements over wages and contract provisions.
- Contract talks resumed this month with federal mediation but reached no agreement, prolonging disruptions and increasing political and community pressure for a resolution.
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Mayor hauls trash as nationwide strike expands
It’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it. Fairfield Mayor Catherine “Cat” Moy took to the streets with City Councilmember Scott Tonnesen, Planning Commissioner George Kennedy, and Suisun City Councilmembers Amit Pal and Princess Washington to pick up garbage from senior citizens and those with disabilities this week. It was the latest step to deal with piles of trash in the city as local Teamsters with Republic Services continue to honor an ex…
Republic Services trash haulers return to work in Chula Vista
Republic Services workers in Chula Vista returned to work Wednesday after several days of missing work out of solidarity with Boston strikers, disrupting collection for thousands of residents. In an emailed statement, the waste hauler said its employees were resuming regular service “as quickly as possible.” ”We ask our residential customers to leave their containers out until they are serviced,” Republic Services added. “We empathize with the c…
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Chula Vista locals tackle trash amid ongoing waste strike
(FOX 5/KUSI) — Joe Castillo woke up to several trash cans filled to the brim this morning in his Chula Vista neighborhood as Republic Services, the City of Chula Vista’s contracted waste collection provider, is dealing with employees leaving work in support of a strike on the East Coast. “We didn’t have any more room or space, so what I ended up doing is just loading up my trash can in the back of my pickup truck, as well as (my) neighbors'. I t…
Teamsters’ Trash Workers Strike Spreads Across U.S., Trash Piles Up from Boston to California
by Natalia Mittelstadt The Teamsters union’s trash-workers strike has spread from Boston to California as Republic Services employees on the West Coast stand in solidarity with their colleagues on the East Coast amid trash pileups. A total of about 450 Republic Services workers represented by the union in the Boston area have been on strike since July 1. But the work stoppage has spread to Southern California and now includes several thousand …
Trash Services Strike Causes Concern For Public Health
YouTube @ ABC7 News Bay Area Local leaders across California are growing concerned about public health issues as trash piles up around the state. Garbage collectors with Republic Services have walked off the job as they stand in solidarity with striking workers on the East Coast. Many cities have opened places where people can take their household waste to throw it away. Sanitation workers have walked off the job in Bay Area cities and across se…
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