Teamsters say Republic Services is "unwilling to offer workers good wages." Republic Services says these claims belong "in the trash."

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.

Teamsters drivers for Republic Services in Fairfield and Suisun will return to work Saturday morning. A tentative agreement by striking workers in Stockton was reached late Friday, so local

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.

Responding firefighters were met with heavy flames that caused a “significant risk” to the nearby building, according to officials.

Nearly record-high temperatures and a regional trash strike have left piles of uncollected garbage rotting in Seattle's suburbs. Why it matters: Some residents say the "Big Stink" is now drifting into Seattle as the strike involving about 2,