Bay Area sanitation workers set to return to work Saturday

Bay Area sanitation workers are set to return to their jobs Saturday after Republic Services and a union reached an agreement Friday bringing the strike to an end as it entered its second week according to a comment from Republic Services Republic Services reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters Local and the employees of Forward Landfill in Manteca the company disclosed We appreciate the society s patience throughout this situation and we will work hard to catch up with needed recycling and waste collection as promptly as we can the company disclosed Sanitation workers across the Bay Area walked off the job last week in solidarity with Forward Landfill employees who went on strike in a push for higher wages and better benefits The strike was one of several in a nationwide garbage war between the Teamsters and Republic Services David Canepa president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors declared in a announcement that the enhancement was great news The strike is over and we can expect the garbage to definitively be picked up he added Related Articles Two Bay Area cites consider legal action amid ongoing trash standoff Republic Services trash pickup resumes in West Contra Costa County other pockets of Bay Area Bay Area cities set up temporary trash drop-off sites as Teamsters strike continues Why one California union sided with YIMBYs and developers on housing Bay Area trash pickup comes to a halt as workers join nationwide garbage war Cities impacted by the strike included San Jose Richmond San Pablo Union City Newark Fremont Half Moon Bay Daly City Colma and more Earlier this week partial trash pickup resumed in various cities including Richmond and San Jose as Republic Services brought in outside workers to help Workers with Teamsters Local began negotiations for a contract last year Picket lines were set up across the country that other unions agreed not to cross This is a advancing story Check back for updates