Garbage collection in Issaquah and Sammamish should return to normal, following the news yesterday that Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract.

Waste Management is one of two garbage collection companies that serves the Eastside cities.

According to the Seattle PI, the workers union was asking Waste Management to match health care packages offered by other local trash companies, including Allied Waste and Clean Scapes.

Allied Waste workers had also been threatening to strike, but that company had reached a tentative agreement with its workers, to prevent industrial action.