City wins judge's order mandating trash pickup
Source: The Associated Press (CA), Tue, Jul. 17, 2007
A judge weighed in Tuesday on a labor dispute that has left piles of trash on Oakland's streets and ordered a refuse company that locked out its unionized drivers to pick up the rotting garbage.
Responding to a request from city lawyers, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Keller issued a temporary restraining order saying Waste Management of Alameda County must fulfill the terms of its municipal contract.