LOS ANGELES — Contracts covering nearly 4,000 sanitation workers in Los Angeles County and four other Southern California counties have expired without tentative agreements being reached between Teamsters Local 396 and several waste-hauling companies, the union announced Thursday.
The contracts expired at midnight Wednesday and cover workers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, according to the union.
The companies involved include Republic Services, Waste Management, Athens Services, CR&R, WARE Disposal, Park Disposal and AAA Disposal, according to Local 396…