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    News Article ● Labor Strike Unions

    County workers vote to authorize strike amid contract negotiations

    July 28, 2026 // The vote to authorize a strike comes one year after several strikes in multiple Bay Area municipalities in July 2025. On July 8, 2025, workers started a strike amid contract negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Republic Services, the second-largest waste management company in the country. In west Contra Costa County, Republic Services ran limited trash collection routes before eventually returning to regular scheduled service.

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    News Article ● Labor Unions

    Amazon wants new delivery centers in the Bay Area. Big Labor might stop it.

    February 23, 2022 // Labor unions have successfully stopped plans for new Amazon delivery centers across the Bay Area. Now they’re trying to do the same in downtown San Francisco.

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