BOSTON (SHNS) – More than 20 days after unionized sanitation workers walked off the job in 14 Massachusetts communities, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday reiterated her call for Republic Services to “resolve” the labor dispute.
The trash and recycling collectors began striking on July 1 for more pay and improved benefits from Republic, leaving trash and recycling collections on pause across numerous cities and towns across the North Shore and Boston.
Teamsters Local 25, which represents the workers, has been meeting with Republic alongside a federal mediator, but the parties haven’t yet reached a new contract agreement…