The Peabody City Council wrote to Bill Gates, asking for his help in ending the Republic Services trash strike.

City leaders in one of the Massachusetts communities affected by the ongoing trash strike are appealing to billionaire Bill Gates in an effort to push the labor dispute toward a resolution.

Thousands of customers in Edmonds, Lynwood, and Snohomish are currently forced to pay to bring their trash to a transfer station or allow it to build up at their homes until an agreement is reached.