Bay Area cities set up temporary trash drop-off sites as Teamsters strike continues

As the nationwide garbage standoff between Teamsters union members and Republic Services continues chosen Bay Area cities are resorting to temporary drop-off sites this weekend to appease residents concerns about mounting trash Teamsters and their other union allies throughout the country have shut down Republic-operated trash collections and landfills until further notice following members in Boston who originally started striking on July Teamsters Local drivers employed by the Republic waste management company set up picket lines in Manteca in front of Forward Landfill earlier this week demanding a new contract and better pay and benefits Sean O Brien president of the union called it a nationwide garbage war In Fremont Newark and Union City personnel have identified three drop-off sites as neighborhood bins fill to the brim Leaders are directing residents with proof of Tri-City residency to take their trash to The Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station at Boyce Road in Fremont The facility operates Monday through Saturday from a m to p m and is closed on Sundays Union City Parking Lot near Union City BART th Street and Decoto Road This collection site is open Mark Green Sports Center Union City Blvd This collection site is open Trash is piled in bins outside a shopping center in Fremont Calif on Thursday July Sanitation workers halted garbage pickup across the Bay Area this week as part of a larger ongoing Teamsters union strike effort happening throughout the US Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Fremont leaders on Friday noted in a declaration that the facility disruption is understandably concerning and that the city is working to restore system as promptly as accomplishable for our public Newark bureaucrats posted a notice online Saturday saying the city has no further information on when the work stoppage will end But they also reported substitute drivers on Friday began a few residential trash collection Recycling and compostables will continue to go uncollected Resolving this issue remains a top priority as we understand the inconvenience and challenges this is causing for our residents and neighborhoods Newark leaders wrote Republic explained this news organization in a report that company leaders have mobilized additional Republic Services employees from other areas to assist with collections in the Bay Area We expect to resume several residential collection in the coming days and will continue updating customers via text automated phone messages and emails We are asking all residents to leave their containers out as we work hard to resume regular organization Republic wrote It is still unclear when regular operation is expected to resume Other affected areas in Northern California include Stockton San Jose Solano County Fairfield Suisun City San Pablo Richmond Hercules Pinole Rodeo Crockett El Sobrante Piedmont East Richmond Heights Bay View Tara Hills North Richmond Rollingwood Union City Newark Fremont Half Moon Bay Daly City and Colma Teamsters spokesman Matthew McQuaid declared in an interview Saturday that he was not informed that Republic would be sending in scabs or workers who cross union picket lines to resume chosen collections Normally when employers bring in scabs they hire locally and you can see job postings online which we haven t seen If they are using scabs they must be bringing in people from out of town which is pitiful McQuaid explained Our members aren t journeying the picket line and I don t think Republic is hiring locally