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Despite overflowing dumpsters and the new pressure from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the strike does not appear close to ending.
In Malden and other towns disrupted by the Teamsters union's strike against Republic Services, residents say they haven’t seen curbside recycling pickup since the workers walked off the job July 1.
The ongoing work stoppage is “taking an unacceptable toll on Boston’s residents, businesses, and neighborhoods," Mayor Michelle Wu said.
A Gloucester man was arrested Thursday morning following an incident that occurred at the City’s Department of Public Works ...
Gloucester’s mayor is asking residents not to trash workers trying to handle recycling at the city’s drop-off site at Public Works yard amid the ongoing trash collectors’ strike and stalled ...
There are still no new negotiation sessions planned as the Teamsters Local 25 strike moves into its 25th day. Officials in Peabody, Gloucester, Danvers, Beverly, Canton and Malden also still awaited a ...
Now in its fourth week, Republic Services and Teamsters have not settled after 13 negotiating sessions. Lauro Garcia, of Lynn, a garbage thrower for Republic Services, said in an interview that he is ...
As Philadelphia’s lowest-paid municipal bargaining unit, the average DC 33 employee earns $46,000 annually, more than $2,000 ...
COMING SOON — Former President Barack Obama is headlining an August fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard for a Democratic ...
The Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) has issued a statement following industrial action taken earlier today by a group of workers dissatisfied with ...
GBH reporter Craig LeMoult cracked two molars and stumbled across a story that’s more common than he thought: dentists in ...
This month, nearly 9,000 municipal workers in Philadelphia walked off the job. The result? Trash piled up on street corners, neighborhoods reeked, and everyday life was disrupted. This wasn’t just ...