Boston officials are calling on Republic Services to return to the table and settle with trash workers, saying that the ongoing strike is a public health emergency.

Trash continues to pile up in Chula Vista as sanitation workers join a nationwide strike against Republic Services, the city's contracted waste collection provider.

The garbage collection company embroiled in a nationwide worker strike, also impacting trash collection in several Bay Area cities, has asked customers to continue leaving their bins outside.

Even if Republic Services makes a deal with the union, it will be at least a few days before the striking workers could get back on the job. That means a few more days of Bay Area trash collectors ...

Trash continues to pile up across the greater Boston area as the Republic Services trash strike stretches into another week ...

Trash remains uncollected in Chula Vista as sanitation workers join a nationwide strike against Republic Services, the city's contracted waste collection service.

Republic Services sanitation workers are honoring picket lines in solidarity with striking workers in Boston. In the meantime, some cities are offering trash drop-off sites.

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