South Bay sanitation worker strike over, officials say

Trash piles up at a fast food restaurant during the Republic Services labor shutdown in File photo by Chris Stone A strike by Chula Vista sanitation workers that halted trash pickup in the city has ended city leaders declared Wednesday All trucks are being deployed as we speak right now in the entire city of Chula Vista City Councilman Michael Inzunza noted Mayor John McCann validated the end of the work stoppage Particular local union workers at Republic Services were honoring a strike in Boston by not navigating the picket line leaving trash recycling and yard waste bins overflowing along the sides of Chula Vista and other South Bay area streets Trash pickup was delayed for several days in Chula Vista as Republic is its only trash company McCann had called an urgency City Council meeting Monday to get more information from Republic and take moves to get the trash taken away