‘Republic, pay your workers’: Teamsters strike leaves Bay Area with overflowing bins

by Audrey Tomlin, Bay City News July 18, 2025July 18, 2025

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)

TRASH CONTINUES TO PILE UP in Bay Area municipalities served by Republic Services, a waste management company that saw many of its workers go on strike around the nation last week.

The strikes began on July 8 amidst ongoing national contract negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and Republic Services, the second-largest waste management company in the U.S.

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