CONTRACTS EXPIRE FOR CLOSE TO 4,000 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SANITATION WORKERS AS EMPLOYERS FAIL TO REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS

Contracts covering almost 4,000 sanitation workers represented by Teamsters Local 396 across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties expired at midnight on September 30 after sanitation employers including Republic Services, Waste Management, Athens Services, CR&R, WARE Disposal, Park Disposal, and AAA Disposal failed to reach tentative agreements with the union before the deadline.