FILE: Plastic and Styrofoam overflow from trash cans in this undated photo. In San Francisco, officials are launching a pilot program placing public dumpsters in the Bayview once a week in hopes of reducing illegal dumping. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via Bay City News)

A NATIONWIDE SANITATION STRIKE is stopping trash collection for some residents in the Bay Area.  

Workers at some Republic Services facilities in the Bay Area are refusing to cross a picket line in solidarity with workers striking for better pay, benefits and labor protections. 

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