Leaders of the Greater Boston communities where trash is piling up say they are feeling the financial burden of the ongoing sanitation worker strike, threatening to press fines against Republic

The Republic Services trash collectors strike in Massachusetts won't be resolved this weekend. The company and the union representing the workers will meet with a federal mediator again next Tuesday, July 15. No progress was made when Republic and Teamsters Local 25 met with the mediator Friday.

Some local union workers are honoring a strike in Boston by not crossing the picket line, leaving trash bins overflowing in Chula Vista and other South Bay communities. Republic Services acknowledged that the temporary work stoppage has extended to the San Diego-area and said officials are “making adjustments to our operations and working to resume regular service as quickly as possible.