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

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.

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