Garbage is piling up in more than a dozen Massachusetts communities as a Teamsters strike involving waste collectors entered its second day on Wednesday.
As the Fourth of July approaches, residents in 14 towns and cities are bearing the brunt of the strike. Boston 25 News spotted overflowing trash cans, stuffed recycling bins, and untouched bags of rubbish at many homes awaiting disposal.
The Teamsters Local 25 union says they’re fighting for better wages and benefits in its contract with Republic Services. About three dozen union workers again lined up outside the waste management facility in Revere on Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday, the first day of the strike, Republic Services alleged some of the workers caused safety concerns near its Revere location…