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Garbage strike continues as Kent, Bellevue offer new trash drop-off sites for residents
With no end in sight for the Republic Services garbage worker strike to end, more free drop-off locations are being organized to keep trash from piling up along neighborhood streets.The cities of Kent ...
MyNorthwest1d
‘Pay these people now’: Local residents fed up with trash strikes
“Republic Services, please come pick up this trash. I don’t care about what y’all got going on, between my dad, kids, and ...
Hoodline2d
Bellevue Offers Temporary Waste Drop-Off Amid Republic Services Labor Dispute
Bellevue sets up temporary waste drop-off at Bannerwood Park due to ongoing labor dispute with Republic Services, offering ...
Republic Services strike halts garbage collection in King, Snohomish counties
LACEY, Wash. — Waste management workers in Washington state joined a multi-state strike against Republic Services, one of the ...
MyNorthwest6d
Disruptions to trash collection could expand to Seattle, Bellevue as Lacey strike continues
A strike by trash collectors is spreading across Western Washington, meaning tens of thousands of residents could have their ...
Ongoing trash strike draws pressure from officials as communities struggle with waste build-up
State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in ...
WBUR2d
Republic Services sues Teamsters over alleged actions on picket line as strike passes two week mark
Republic Services and the Teamsters have been at a standoff since July 1, when 450 local workers went on strike after the ...