Six communities across Massachusetts impacted by the ongoing trash collector strike filed a complaint in Salem Superior Court Thursday morning asking a judge to put an end to it. "We filed a suit to try and get some relief from the court to require Republic to pick up our trash and recycling,

Republic Services sanitation workers have been on strike in Massachusetts for days, and the governor is calling on the waste disposal company to reach a deal.

Legal cases and uncollected trash are piling up, as negotiations between Republic and striking Teamsters are set to resume Friday.