sanitation strike

The city of Chula Vista and Republic Services are trying to schedule a meeting so the two sides can discuss refunds for customers who went a month without trash collection service.

Republic Services instructed customers to contact the company to inquire about refunds, but critics say the process has been inefficient and slow.

Chula Vista city leaders want the city’s trash service provider to stop penny pinching, but the company says the wages they offer are fair. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has the story.

Teamsters Local 542 have been on strike for four weeks now, hoping Republic Services will accept their demands for better pay and working conditions, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

The Chula Vista City Council will discuss options Tuesday night to fix the four-week-old sanitation strike and to avoid future work stoppages.

Dozens of Republic Services trucks roared through Chula Vista neighborhoods Monday and picked up every black, blue and green bin for the first time in three weeks. However, the pickup did not signal an end to the sanitation strike as it entered a fourth week. “Republic Services is picking up residential trash, recycling and green waste carts this week in…