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

REVERE, Mass. — Non-union workers with Republic Services have expressed their desire to join Teamsters Local 25 as the sanitation worker strike in Massachusetts enters its 18th day on Friday. The workers are seeking a contract deal that would secure better wages and benefits amid ongoing negotiations between the two sides.

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