Teamsters at Republic Services in Fairfield, ratified three historic contracts in May (Garbage, Recycle Center, and Clerical). The garbage unit alone has wage increases of at least 40% per member over the course of a five-year agreement. Increases in health and welfare, pension, and adding Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday further sweetened the deal. Ed Ellerby and Shawn Scibek, both having 38 years with the company, said, “In all our years here, we have never seen anything close to this. We speak on behalf of the Republic members in Fairfield, when we say that we would like to thank our Business Agent Dustin Baumbach for his incredible leadership and following through with the promise to get us an otherwise unbelievable deal.”