The lawmakers called on company officials to "return to the bargaining table in good faith and without delay" to end a three-week-old work stoppage.

Members of the Teamsters Local 25 union have been on strike since July 1, causing trash pickup delays in more than a dozen Greater Boston communities.

Greater Boston communities at the center of the ongoing sanitation worker strike are taking Republic Services to court, seeking immediate relief as trash piles mount, attracting rats and giving