On Friday, the teamsters representing garbage collectors in Boston reported that the waste disposal company held a 5-hour caucus.

The tentative agreement between Republic Services and the Teamsters Union ends a nearly two-week strike that impact garbage pickup services.

Republic Services and the Teamsters have been at a standoff since July 1, when 450 local workers went on strike after the union's contract expired. Teamsters are seeking better wages, benefits and stronger labor protections.

Bargaining between striking sanitation workers and the waste management giant have ended in an impasse, as the company asks a federal judge to intervene to stop allegedly criminal negotiating

Fallout from the waste collection worker strike against Republic Services is spilling into the courtroom, as contract negotiations drag on.

TRASH CONTINUES TO PILE UP in Bay Area municipalities served by Republic Services, a waste management company that saw many of its workers go on strike around the nation last week. The strikes began on July 8 amidst ongoing national contract negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and Republic Services,

As the garbage strike drags on and work stoppages continue, Republic Services and Teamsters are working on returning to the bargaining table.