Orange County Sues Teamsters Joint Council over Landfill Picketing: County Alleges Blockades at Two of Three Landfills and Seeks Temporary Restraining Order
Orange County, California — Orange County officials said on November 10 that the county has sued Teamsters Joint Council 42, which represents waste and public works employees, and sought a temporary restraining order, as the dispute over picketing at county landfills intensified.
County officials said members have been picketing at three county landfills and complained that they are blockading two of the sites. Board of Supervisors Chairman Doug Chaffee said they should not be blocking anything and called blocking a health hazard.
Union spokesman Christian Castro denied that members were blocking trucks going in or out of the landfills. Castro said a county complaint to the California Public Employment Relations Board making similar allegations was rejected, and that the union is confident the court will find the county superior court case equally without merit.
County officials said the board denied the injunctive relief sought by the county, but the complaint remains pending. Castro said the union has vowed to expand its picketing in the coming days, including at John Wayne Airport.
In its board complaint, the county alleged that picketers formed human chains, blocked traffic and falsely told customers the landfills were closed. County officials said that in one scrum a picketing worker right foot was run over by a public self haul customer, and another picketer suffered a similar injury in Brea within the next hour.
Chaffee said most problems were at the Olinda Alpha Landfill, 1942 North Valencia Avenue in Brea, and the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill, 11002 Bee Canyon Access Road in Irvine. The Prima Deshecha Landfill, 32250 Avenida La Pata in San Juan Capistrano, remains open without significant issues, and all three landfills are open and active, he said.
Chaffee said the county turned to the California Highway Patrol for security because officials were dissatisfied with responses from local law enforcement. He said the county contract offer is constrained by parity clauses, under which a better deal for one union would trigger adjustments for others costing millions more. Board Vice Chair Katrina Foley said her hope is to get back to the bargaining table, reach a deal and end the strike.
来源链接：MyNewsLA 11月10日报道橙县官员与工会双方表态 https://mynewsla.com/business/2026/11/10/orange-county-sues-teamsters-in-contract-dispute-2/
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