DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) — Tensions have been excessive Thursday as sanitation employees in lots of Bay Space cities walked off the job in solidarity with employees putting in Manteca and on the East Coast.
Republic Companies picks up the trash for greater than two dozen cities within the Bay Space, stretching from Solano County to San Jose to Half Moon Bay.
Union reps inform ABC7 Information they’re asking for higher pay, improved medical health insurance and a pension for landfill employees in Manteca, who’re on strike.
On Thursday, there was a confrontation exterior Daly Metropolis Republic Companies: “You need to be ashamed of your self.”
Police have been known as in to answer the scuffle.
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Union representatives engaged in a forwards and backwards with somebody they stated was a non-union worker introduced in to help throughout the stoppage.
Gilbert Gomez from Teamsters Native 439 stated, “To principally attempt to do a few of our work. Proper now, they’re simply choosing up the large cans, and I do not know the place they’re taking them or dumping them or what. They’re probably not going to have the ability to do a lot. They do not know the routes. Loads of them do not even know the gear.”
Trash is piling up in some Bay Space cities as contract negotiations proceed between Manteca landfill employees and Republic Companies.
“I’ve smelled it on the skin, oh yeah, oh yeah. It is not good,” Daly Metropolis resident Garry Wooden-Taylor stated.
“Generally at evening, we get raccoons, and the raccoons get into trash and unfold it in every single place,” stated Daly Metropolis resident Michael Jackson.
Sam Lee says he and plenty of others are working out of room to dump their trash.
“It’s Prime Day. Lots of people are shopping for lots of packages,” Lee stated.
Republic Companies says trash and recycling pick-ups are nonetheless occurring at important companies like hospitals and nursing houses, including in an announcement on Wednesday: “We’re making changes to our operations to make sure our means to proceed offering service throughout this example. We apologize to our prospects for any inconvenience this may occasionally trigger.”
Union reps say they’re hoping for an settlement, however they’re planning to be out right here till a minimum of Friday, which implies your trash pickup may very well be delayed for a bit of longer.
“I believe it is a unhealthy, however you possibly can’t blame them. You have to do what you bought to do,” stated Ronnie Nebrida of Daly Metropolis.
ABC7 Information reached out to Republic Companies to see whether it is bringing in additional employees to help, nevertheless it has not but gotten again to us.
A consultant for Teamsters Native 439 indicated that non-union employees arrived from Santa Rosa and Salinas to assist with the stoppage.
“I used to be a union man, so I do not agree with the substitute employees. I believe they should give them what they need, as a result of it is a onerous job. It is a powerful job,” Jackson stated.
On Thursday afternoon, Union Metropolis officers stated two non permanent drop-off areas for family rubbish at the moment are obtainable for residents. One is at Metropolis Parking Lot#1 at Union Metropolis BART. The opposite is at Mark Inexperienced Sports activities Middle on Union Metropolis Boulevard.
For now, you possibly can go to the web site of Republic Companies for extra data.
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