“Republic Services, please come pick up this trash. I don’t care about what y’all got going on, between my dad, kids, and myself —everything is backed up over here. Pay these people because now I’m gonna go to random places. I’m over it,” Gee shared on “ The Gee and Ursula Show ” on KIRO Newsradio.

A free garbage drop-off location in Bellevue provided some relief for customers who haven't had their trash collected for days as a labor dispute drags on.

A strike by trash collectors is spreading across Western Washington, which means tens of thousands of residents could have their trash service disrupted.Workers for Republic Services have expanded their picket lines to King and Snohomish Counties Thursday after a strike kicked off Wednesday morning in Thurston County,

Lynnfield, North Reading, and Wakefield have notified Republic Services that it is failing to meet contractual obligations as a Teamsters union strike against the waste management company reaches two weeks.