Teamsters Expand National Strike Against Republic Services

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Teamsters

Millions Impacted as Work Stoppage Extends to Los Angeles and Ohio.

07.15.25

(WASHINGTON) - Striking Teamsters at Republic Services this week are dramatically escalating their war against the waste giant by extending picket lines to Los Angeles and a major landfill in Ohio.

The strike forced by Republic Services will now impact over two million Los Angeles residents. In Youngstown, Ohio, trucks and trains carrying 12 million pounds of trash per day from New York City and New Jersey will be unable to unload at one of the nation's largest landfills.

"It's shocking, and increasingly disgusting, how far Republic Services is willing to push its workforce. Our members are everyday Americans performing essential services across our communities, but Republic is unwilling to offer workers good wages, decent benefits, or a fair contract," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien. "The American public needs to understand that Republic Services and its overpaid, corrupt executives own this strike. Their greed is forcing trash collectors and waste haulers across the country out into the street. We don't want this garbage piling up. We want to return to work. But we refuse to be exploited."

Over 2,000 Republic Teamsters are either on strike or honoring picket lines because of the company's illegal union-busting tactics and refusal to bargain in good faith. Republic's strike has resulted in major disruptions to waste collections for millions of Americans nationwide.



Read more: https://teamster.org/2025/07/teamsters-expand-national-strike-against-republic-services/

[Justice Brandeis]

1. After they refused to endorse Harris I made a decision that I would no longer support the Teamsters union

Or their strikes or their picket lines.

[Think. Again.]

2. It was only the Teamsters Union president that refused to support Harris...

...many Union local brotherhoods had to make public announcements stating their support for her themselves to try to publicly over-ride him.

[MichMan]

3. New York and New Jersey should dispose of their own garbage instead of shipping it to other states

In Youngstown, Ohio, trucks and trains carrying 12 million pounds of trash per day from New York City and New Jersey will be unable to unload at one of the nation's largest landfills.

Canada has been shipping garbage to Michigan for many years. Gov. Whitmer is proposing tariffs on it.