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‘A good year for rats’: Trash piling up at businesses as impact of garbage strike spreads to Boston and beyond
The strike against Republic Services is affecting more than municipal trash collection. In Boston, Brookline, Newton, Somerville, and other communities, commercial customers are waiting for Republic o ...
‘No other option’: Republic Services workers on strike; expect trash pickup delays
Sanitation workers in Stockton are on strike. Businesses and residents may experience a delay on their Republic Services ...
Republic Services strike pauses trash pickup across Western Washington
The actions are part of what the Teamsters union called an aggressive expansion of "a nationwide strike for fair contracts." ...
Nationwide waste disposal strike impacts several California cities
Last week, workers in the Teamsters Union announced they were going on strike, which includes the Forward Landfill in Manteca ...
Sanitation workers strike in Stockton, will impact trash pick-ups
Republic Services sanitation workers are on strike in Stockton, demanding better benefits and stronger labor protections. Teamsters Local 439 launched its strike against Republic Services Tuesday ...
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Trash workers' strike in Massachusetts enters tenth day
Fourteen towns in Greater Boston are impacted by the strike as workers demand more money and better benefits.
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Why Boston’s trash collection just came to a grinding halt
Republic Services workers strike at midnight disrupting trash collection for hundreds of thousands in Boston area as Teamsters demand better pay and benefits.