Readers share how the ongoing Republic Services trash strike is leaving neighborhoods with overflowing bins, rats, and unanswered questions.

Republic Services employees in Chula Vista resumed trash pickups Wednesday after several days off the job to show solidarity with striking union members in Boston, disrupting collection for thousands of residents.

A nationwide solidarity strike that spread to Bay Area garbage collection workers has entered its second week, as odorous bags piled up in residential areas across the region amid a contract standoff.