The strike against Republic Services is affecting more than municipal trash collection. In Boston, Brookline, Newton, Somerville, and other communities, commercial customers are waiting for Republic o ...

In the meantime, Republic Services said on Tuesday that while the strike continues trash service is being provided by outside crews — last week the union called them scabs — and that most of the ...

The strike comes days after Republic Services workers in Boston, near Chicago and near Atlanta went on strike. Republic ...