Republic Services, trash strike and Greater Boston
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Responding firefighters were met with heavy flames that caused a “significant risk” to the nearby building, according to officials.
On Friday, the teamsters representing garbage collectors in Boston reported that the waste disposal company held a 5-hour caucus.
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.
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With sanitation workers still on strike in some Massachusetts communities, trash is piling up outside businesses and homes.
Sanitation workers in Clairemont ended their work stoppage, resuming trash services after honoring a nationwide strike over wages and benefits.
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.