Orange County Sanitation Workers Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike

Orange County Sanitation Workers Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike
A truck gathers and disposes garbage in Lake Forest, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Vanessa Serna
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—After nearly a week of being on strike, some of the 400 workers at Republic Services began returning to work Dec. 16 after reaching a tentative agreement to resume waste collection services.

The agreement is now being finalized for Republic Services Huntington Beach and Anaheim workers, Adan Alverez, spokesperson for Teamsters Local 396, the union behind the strike said.