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Republic Services, Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal to End Bay Area Garbage Strike

Sanitation crews will resume routes Saturday with priority schedules to clear weeks of uncollected refuse.

A photo shared by Teamsters on social media shows trash piling up by the roadside. "Scenes like these will continue and escalate until our members secure fair contracts," the union said on July 15.
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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.

Overview

  • Republic Services and Teamsters Local 439 announced a tentative agreement on July 18 that ended the nearly two-week walkout across Bay Area cities.
  • Sanitation workers will return to their routes Saturday according to the company and union, bringing picket lines down after service halted on July 8.
  • Bay Area municipalities, including Stockton and Fremont, have arranged priority catch-up pickups for missed garbage, recycling and organics collections.
  • City leaders such as Stockton Mayor Christina Fugazi and San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa threatened legal action and contract termination over mounting trash and public health concerns.
  • The agreement secures higher wages and reduced health-care costs for frontline workers, matching competitor packages that had fueled the nationwide solidarity action.