According to Orange County Teamsters, the union has overwhelmingly rejected the county’s latest contract offer and said they are ready to walk off the job again, raising the prospect of renewed disruption at the county’s three landfills less than a week after they returned to normal operations.
The landfills were slowed for more than a week in October by a strike, a wind-driven wildfire and the season’s first rain. Picketing has been paused since October 20, and the union has not stated when it would return to the picket lines.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors asked the union to pause its strike, promising to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair agreement. Supervisors met on October 23 for a closed session meeting, but the union said the county delayed and returned with the same offer members had already overwhelmingly rejected…