Overview

• Residential collection remains suspended in over 20 Bay Area cities, leaving household carts and commercial dumpsters piled high
• Union City, Fremont and Colma have set up public drop-off points and are directing residents to regional transfer stations for temporary waste disposal
• Republic Services is operating a light skeleton crew to handle only high-priority routes such as hospitals while the broader shutdown persists
• Union and company representatives are set to meet with a federal mediator Friday as they negotiate wages, benefits and first-contract terms
• Nationwide, about 2,000 of the 8,000 Teamsters-represented sanitation workers are either on strike or honoring picket lines in solidarity