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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey wants Republic Services to cut a deal and end a 17-day-long trash collectors strike.
Teamsters say Republic Services is "unwilling to offer workers good wages." Republic Services says these claims belong "in the trash."
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Responding firefighters were met with heavy flames that caused a “significant risk” to the nearby building, according to officials.
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With his trash can in tow, rigged to a wagon on the back of his motorized wheelchair, Adam Elsbernd said he traveled nearly two miles to toss his trash at 2 a.m. to beat the daytime heat.
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The work stoppage pitting Republic Services against the Teamsters has gone from a headache to a public health risk, Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday.
With no end in sight for the Republic Services garbage worker strike to end, more free drop-off locations are being organized to keep trash from piling up.
Unionized Republic Services workers returned to the job Friday as they stopped honoring the picket line in solidarity with the Boston Teamsters who were on strike on the East Coast.