South County Report: Trash Strike Leaves Residents Wondering Why City Wasn’t Better Prepared

South County Report: Trash Strike Leaves Residents Wondering Why City Wasn’t Better Prepared

For six days, the trash piled up.  Last week, unionized employees of Republic Services, the Arizona-based waste hauler contracted by the city of Chula Vista to pick up trash from residential properties and businesses, walked off the job in solidarity with striking sanitation workers 3,000 miles away in Boston.  The familiar rumble of garbage trucks went silent on city streets and trash quickly accumulated in bins, dumpsters and alleyways.  Resid…