With trash mounting in cities across Massachusetts, state and local officials are turning up the heat on Republic Services as its labor dispute with the Teamsters union enters its second week with no resolution in sight.

The strike, which began on July 1, has halted garbage collection in 14 Massachusetts communities and disrupted service in multiple other states. The communities are Beverly, Canton, Danvers, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, North Reading, Peabody, Swampscott, Wakefield, and Watertown.

The strike now involves more than 2,000 Teamsters either on strike or honoring picket lines.

Republic Services, a multi-billion-dollar waste management company, says it's eager to reach a deal.

“A work stoppage does not benefit our employees or the communities we serve. We empathize with customers who have been impacted by the Teamsters’ decision to stop work,” a company spokesman said in a written statement.

The company said customers will be notified of service updates via text, phone, or email.

That hasn’t stopped criticism from pouring in.

Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin sent a formal letter to Republic president Jon Vander Ark, urging the company to return to the negotiating table.

He criticized Republic, alleging they walked away from talks last weekend and questioned whether essential services like trash collection should continue to be controlled by private firms.

The union, led by fiery general president Sean O’Brien, hasn’t minced words.

“Republic Services has been threatening a war with American workers for years — and now, they’ve got one,” he said. “Republic abuses and underpays workers across the country. They burn massive profits and funnel money to undeserving, corrupt executives.”

O’Brien added: “We will flood the streets and shut down garbage collection in state after state. Workers are uniting nationwide, and we will get the wages and benefits we’ve earned, come hell or high water.”

The Teamsters claim Republic has refused to settle fair contracts despite months of negotiations in several cities.

“This strike forced on workers by the multibillion-dollar corporation is resulting in trash pileups and collection disruptions for scores of people across the country,” the union posted on X (Twitter). “But Teamsters at Republic will not back down until they’ve gotten the fair contracts they’ve rightfully earned.”

Republic disagrees with the union’s version of the dispute.

The company said it has made generous pay raise offers, and the union has rejected them.

Republic says it made an offer to its Greater Boston workers that includes a 16 percent immediate raise and roughly 43 percent in wage increases over five years.

“Don’t believe the union’s false narrative – 45% of our Greater Boston drivers represented by the Teamsters earned more than $100,000 last year, based on W-2 data,” the company said. “If the Teamsters accepted the offer we made today, drivers would make approximately $140,000 per year by the end of the contract.”

The company also said it pays “100% of the health and welfare premiums” for its Greater Boston employees.

The two sides returned to the negotiating table on Tuesday, reports said, but no deal had been announced as of Tuesday night.