The work stoppage, led by Teamsters-affiliated employees demanding contract improvements, has now impacted waste collection in parts of King and Snohomish counties. Republic Services, one of the region’s largest waste haulers, is in contract negotiations with workers at five locations across the state.

A total of about 450 Republic Services workers represented by the Teamsters union in the Boston area have been on strike since July 1, but the work stoppage has spread to Southern California and now i

Lynnfield, North Reading, and Wakefield have notified Republic Services that it is failing to meet contractual obligations as a Teamsters union strike against the waste management company reaches two weeks.

The Teamsters Union and Republic Services are expected to resume negotiations Friday as the ongoing sanitation workers strike hits day 11.Republic<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Sanitation workers at Republic Services’ Cumming facility went on strike at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, which means they aren’t picking up trash. Their location provides commercial trash pick-up within a 20-mile radius and residential trash pick-up for tens of thousands of people in Alpharetta.

Roughly 15 to 20 members of Teamsters Local 252 began picketing at 6 a.m. outside the Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center.