Waste Management garbage haulers plan to end their strike at midnight and return to work Friday, Teamsters Local 174 officials announced Thursday.
The union members said they wanted to “prevent a public health crisis and to minimize service disruptions to area businesses and residents,” according to the union Web site.
The garbage drivers struck Waste Management Wednesday morning, set up pickets and did not work on Thursday. Waste Management did not collect garbage or recyclables on Thursday.
As of late Thursday, Waste Management had yet to change its collection schedule for Friday posted on its Web site.
Schedule updates are available on the Waste Management Web site.
This is what Waste Management has posted.
RESIDENTIAL
• If your garbage was not collected on Wednesday, April 21, it will be collected on Friday, April 23. If your garbage was not collected on Thursday, April 22, it will be collected on Saturday, April 24. Please put only your garbage containers at the street on Friday morning, April 23.
• Renton curbside food and yard waste will be collected as scheduled next Thursday, April 29.
• Renton curbside recyclables will be collected on your next scheduled recycling day, Thursday, May 6.
COMMERCIAL
Waste Management will collect commercial garbage and recyclables as soon as possible, with priority to accounts like hospitals and nursing homes, where public health and safety is a priority.
