Garbage haulers in many Bay Area cities are back on the job from a weekslong strike after union officials from Teamsters Local 439 announced they’d negotiated a new contract with waste-hauling giant Republic Services.
“We’re feeling great,” Local 439 President Rick Buzo said Saturday. “We got our members exactly what they deserved.”
Republic Services, in an emailed statement, confirmed it had reached a tentative agreement with union officials for its Forward Landfill employees, who they said would be returning to work Saturday…