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Republic Services Strike Ends as Workers Return Under Tentative Deal

The deal includes a five-year contract with wage hikes and lower health care costs; municipalities are mobilizing crews to eliminate weeks of piled-up trash.

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Trash piles up Tuesday on Brookside Drive in Richmond during the weeks-long strike.
Unemptied trash bins line Brookside Drive in Richmond on Tuesday before the Teamsters reached a tentative pact with Republic Services.
Teamsters Local 315 business agent Mike Hughes, left, dispenses benefits checks to union members outside the Golden Bear Transfer Station in Richmond on Tuesday before the tentative agreement was announced.

Overview

  • A tentative five-year contract won by Teamsters Local 439 offers wage increases and significantly lower health care costs pending a member ratification vote.
  • Picket lines at the Forward Landfill in Manteca came down on July 19 as workers returned to resume residential and commercial garbage, recycling and organics services.
  • Republic Services has pledged to clear the backlog of missed pickups as swiftly as possible, prioritizing routes first halted by the July 8 strike.
  • Interim drop-off containers set up by municipalities will remain available and be serviced through July 22 to help residents manage waste during recovery.
  • City officials, including Stockton Mayor Christina Fugazi, had threatened contract termination and customer refunds in response to growing public health concerns caused by uncollected trash.