Teamsters Local 25 and Republic Services walked away from the bargaining table on Tuesday, having made “little progress” on a deal to end the work stoppage.

State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in Massachusetts communities and other states across the country.

The council essentially gave the city manager the green light to declare a state of emergency and a deadline of Thursday to decide to do it.

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.

Sanitation workers in Chula Vista ended their work stoppage, resuming trash services after honoring a nationwide strike over wages and benefits.

Negotiations between Republic Services and Teamsters broke down late last week. Talks are set to resume Tuesday, but the impacts of the trash strike are growing more pronounced.

Workers have walked off the job in parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, as well as the Bay Area.

The Secretary of State and several members of the Boston City Council are calling on waste management giant Republic Services to go back to the negotiating table and end a nearly two-week sanitation worker strike affecting more than a dozen Bay State communities.