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Teamsters vote to continue trash strike against Republic Services
Teamsters members voted Sunday to continue their five-week strike and contract standoff with Republic Services, which has disrupted trash and recycling services across more than a dozen Massachusetts communities.
Boston to fine trash giant Republic Services as strike continues, Wu says
Despite overflowing dumpsters and the new pressure from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the strike does not appear close to ending.
Republic employees vote to continue trash collector strike
On Sunday, Republic employees voted to continue the strike that has lasted five weeks​ already and left cities and towns struggling to remove trash from their streets.
Negotiations between Republic Services and Boston Teamsters fall through
On Friday, the teamsters representing garbage collectors in Boston reported that the waste disposal company held a 5-hour caucus.
As trash strike drags on, Teamsters get a win in court
The strike involving trash collectors passed the 20-day mark. With dumpsters overflowing and negotiations stalling, there appears to be no end in sight.
Republic Services sues striking Teamsters, as latest contract talks fail
Bargaining between striking sanitation workers and the waste management giant have ended in an impasse, as the company asks a federal judge to intervene to stop allegedly criminal negotiating
Republic Services workers overwhelmingly vote to continue strike
Republic Services workers voted overwhelmingly to continue the strike that has left some communities without trash service.Ninety-three percent of union workers voted<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=
Teamsters overwhelmingly vote to keep striking as walkout enters 2nd month
Sunday’s 93% vote in favor of continuing their work stoppage shows union support for the nearly six-week old walkout has ...
Boston’s Dumpsters Overflow as Trash-Strike Summer Drags On
A trash collector strike in the Boston area is entering its fifth week with no resolution in sight, leading to overflowing ...
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Judge tosses trash company's latest lawsuit over strike
Meanwhile, in a separate lawsuit, cities and towns suing Republic lost their bid to force the company to pick up their trash.
‘A good year for rats’: Trash piling up at businesses as impact of garbage strike spreads to Boston and beyond
The strike is affecting more than municipal trash collection. In Greater Boston communities, commercial customers are waiting for the company to empty overflowing bins.
Ongoing trash strike draws pressure from officials as communities struggle with waste build-up
State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in ...
Southern California trash pileup spreads to L.A. County as workers stand with East Coast strikers
A work stoppage by Teamsters working for Republic Service in Boston has since spread to involve several thousand workers across the country.