Teamsters Local 542

Republic Services released a statement Sunday announcing their “last, best, and final offer” to the union in an effort to end the months long sanitation strike. “The communities of San Diego and Chula Vista have paid the price of the union’s approach, and we continue to do everything in our power to move the process forward. To that end,...

NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo spoke to Chula Vista residents who are waiting for their trash to be picked up.

At Saturday’s meeting, city leaders ratified the public health emergency declaration and other actions to get Republic Services back on the job. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.

After experiencing technical difficulties Friday, the Chula Vista City Council resumed their special meeting Saturday evening. At Saturday’s meeting, city leaders ratified the public health emergency declaration and other actions to get Republic Services back on the job. “Our City is starting to look like trash, and this is unacceptable,” Chula Vista city Councilmember Jill Galvez said. “You can...

NBC 7’s Dave Summers has the latest on the sanitation workers’ strike and the impact its having on the city of Chula Vista.

Chula Vista City Council will hold a special meeting Friday to enact a local state of emergency as trash accumulates throughout the city due to stalled contract negotiations between sanitation workers and their garbage collection company.

The Chula Vista City Manager will be declaring a Public Health Emergency and invoking the self-help clause on their contract with Republic Services, said councilmember Jill Galvez in a statement Wednesday.

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…

Service has been interrupted for weeks for Chula Vista multi-unit residences, customers elsewhere in San Diego County