A nationwide strike by Republic Services workers is disrupting trash pickup in Northern California as Teamsters demand higher pay and safer working conditions.

Thousands of Bay Area residents whose trash is picked up by Republic Services are experiencing service interruptions due to a nationwide strike by the Teamsters union against the garbage giant.

A union representing trash collectors will begin their strike early Wednesday morning, disrupting trash services for “tens of thousands of residents” in Thurston County, the union wrote in a press memo.