Republic Services maintains trash pickup operations despite a strike by 450 waste collection workers in Massachusetts, initiated due to an expired contract. Congressman Seth Moulton and other elected officials support the striking workers, emphasizing their essential role and advocating for fair wages and labor protections. The negotiations have been ongoing for nine days, with a recent federal mediation meeting yielding no new contract. Teamsters Local 25 reports solidarity from additional workers in other cities. Republic Services claims to provide competitive wages and benefits, but the workers demand better compensation and protections.
"You are standing up for working people across America," Moulton told workers while on the picket line Tuesday, according to WBZ. "Republic is repeatedly failing to put a fair deal on the table. If you just look at what Republic is paying compared to other trash collection companies in the area, they're underpaid."
In a statement on X last week, Moulton said, "Our communities simply cannot function without sanitation workers ... these men and women deserve to be treated like the essential workers they are."
On X, he wrote, "It's critical that we support our working families & the right to collectively bargain. These are our neighbors & volunteers in our communities."
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