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 strike involving trash collectors passed the 20-day mark. With dumpsters overflowing and negotiations stalling, there appears to be no end in sight.

Greater Boston communities at the center of the ongoing sanitation worker strike are taking Republic Services to court, seeking immediate relief as trash piles mount, attracting rats and giving

The Republic Services trash collectors strike in Massachusetts won't be resolved this weekend. The company and the union representing the workers will meet with a federal mediator again next Tuesday, July 15. No progress was made when Republic and Teamsters Local 25 met with the mediator Friday.

Picket lines are still active outside Republic Services centers on the north shore as the trash workers strike heads into a third week.