Trash Collection Slated To Resume In Some Communities During Massachusetts Sanitation Workers Strike

WBZ NewsRadio's Emma Friedman reports. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
With Republic Service workers on strike, Canton's town administrator and
other municipal leaders are asking both parties to get back
to the negotiation table. Trash pickups started back up today,
with crews outside the state being called into help after
hundreds of sanitation workers hit the picket line last week.
Most people I talked to in Canton haven't noticed much
of a difference, but Peter says he's definitely aware of it.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
I live in a condole community and it's just all
piled up.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
In a letter to Republic Services, Canton, Malden, Peabody, Gloucester,
Watertown and others are asking for better communication and better
clarity on how trash pickup will resume.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
It is what it is, you know, if people were
cod and only should get what.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
They want to Zoom in Canton. I'm a Friedman w
b Z, Boston's news radio,