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Massachusetts Governor Healey Presses Republic Services to Resolve Labor Strike Amidst Growing Health Concerns
Governor Healey urges Republic Services to resume negotiations amid the ongoing labor strike, highlighting health risks from uncollected trash in Massachusetts.
Healey tells Republic Services ongoing trash strike is 'unacceptable'
"Your company’s failure to resolve or even meaningfully address this prolonged strike is unacceptable," Gov. Maura Healey wrote in a letter to Republic Services President and CEO Jon Vander Ark.
Republic employees vote to continue trash collector strike
On Sunday, Republic employees voted to continue the strike that has lasted five weeks​ already and left cities and towns struggling to remove trash from their streets.
Gov. Healey Demands Republic Services Immediately Resolve Strike in Letter to CEO
Governor Maura Healey has wrote to Jon Vander Ark, President & Chief Executive Officer at Republic Services, the waste disposal company that has halted trash and recycling pickup in several Massachusetts towns and cities for seven weeks now, to demand the company return to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith to end the strike.
‘Unacceptable’: Mass. Gov. Healey calls for end to weekslong trash worker strike
The strike has caused significant disruptions in trash collection, impacting public health and quality of life.
Gov. Healey demands Republic Services return to bargaining table as trash strike continues
In a statement Monday, Healey said attempts on her part to communicate with the trash services company have gone unanswered
Teamsters vote to continue trash strike against Republic Services
Teamsters members voted Sunday to continue their five-week strike and contract standoff with Republic Services, which has disrupted trash and recycling services across more than a dozen Massachusetts communities.
Healey amps up pressure on Republic Services to end ‘untenable’ trash strike
The fact that you haven’t returned my calls is a reflection of your unacceptable approach to this urgent matter,” Gov. Maura Healey said to the head of the waste removal company. The post Healey amps up pressure on Republic Services to end ‘untenable’ trash strike appeared first on Boston.
Massachusetts trash strike: Greater Boston leaders say Republic Services is failing
Leaders of the Greater Boston communities where trash is piling up say they are feeling the financial burden of the ongoing sanitation worker strike, threatening to press fines against Republic
Healey tells trash company to resolve strike dispute
Governor Maura Healey is pushing a trash company's leaders to return to the bargaining table. A painful three-decades-long search can finally come to a close. Dress to impress — or not. He's apparently showing his "true colors.

Healey demands end to trash strike as both sides blame the other

The time for delay and posturing is over. It is time to resolve this – now,” Gov. Maura Healey told the waste management ...
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Judge tosses trash company's latest lawsuit over strike

Meanwhile, in a separate lawsuit, cities and towns suing Republic lost their bid to force the company to pick up their trash.

Trash collection strike continues in Massachusetts as walkouts spread across country

The Teamsters union said it had picket lines up at Republic Services locations in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Other strikes against Republic, a national waste management firm, have begun in ...