Republic Services and Teamsters Local 728 in Cumming, Georgia, reached an agreement on a new contract, the union announced Wednesday.
The agreement is the last of five associated with a multistate strike the International Brotherhood of Teamsters launched this summer. The employees’ return to work Thursday brings an end to the labor conflict.
The contract covers 32 union members in the area whose previous contract expired on April 1. It includes an immediate 7% wage increase and a further 3% increase on April 1, 2026, according to Chuck Stiles, assistant director of Teamsters’ waste and recycling division. The local also secured two weeks of guaranteed pay for parental leave and time-and-a-half pay for working on holidays, among other changes…