Trash pickup for thousands of Los Angeles residents was partially resumed Wednesday after a waste management company hired temporary replacements for about 300 workers on strike since Monday. A mix of the company's truck drivers, mechanics, welders and tire men, all members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, walked out Monday after 20 days of contract negotiations failed, said Adam Flores, a Taormina truck driver and union spokesman. About 60 of them picketed the company's exit road Wednesday, allowing Taormina trucks to pass through their circular human barricade every 90 seconds, as requested by police.
See "Temporary replacements hired for striking trash workers", Kelly-Anne Suarez, Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2006