Dive summary:
- Republic Services/Allied Waste officials have announced the worker strikes in Youngstown, Ohio have ended.
- Other waste worker communities participated in sympathy strikes, leaving 6,000 homes without trash service.
- Republic Services is working on a schedule to get waste collection back on track but it might take up to a week to get collection back to normal.
From the article:
Communities like Cleveland, Elyria, Strongsville, Vermilion and Brunswick have been affected by the lack of trash pickup thanks to the sympathy strike for workers at the Youngstown business.
On Sunday, a local representative said the strike was over and some regular and replacement workers are currently out collecting trash.
Republic Services is working on a schedule now so all cities will be caught up on trash/recycling pickup by the end of next week. ...