Teamsters employed by Republic Services have been on strike for a month. There does not appear to be an end in sight.

Beverly, Malden, Gloucester, Peabody, Danvers, and Canton — sought the order, arguing that the strike was affecting residents and public health.

Nearly a month after union trash collectors walked off the job at Republic Services, lawmakers are urging the company to negotiate and communities affected by the strike were denied a requested court order.

A judge denied a request from several communities to order Republic Services to collect all trash immediately as the sanitation worker strike approaches the one<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

The ongoing strike has caused delays and disruptions in trash and recycling pick up in more than a dozen towns around Boston.

Republic Services and the union on Friday reached a tentative agreement, ending the nearly two-week-long strike that impacted garbage pickup services across multiple Bay Area cities.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey wants Republic Services to cut a deal and end a 17-day-long trash collectors strike​.

Despite overflowing dumpsters and the new pressure from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the strike does not appear close to ending.

The week-long strike led by trash workers in Thurston County has ended after Teamsters Local 252 ratified a new contract with Republic Services management.

The strike is affecting Bellevue, Kent, Edmonds, Lynnwood and Renton, as well as unincorporated parts of King and Snohomish counties.