Unite has just announced that the bin strikes will continue and could go on until Christmas. Circa 400 striking bin-men voted in favour of further action…

General secretary Sharon Graham said:

“After smearing these workers in public since January and telling them to accept a fair and reasonable offer that never existed, the council finally put a proposal in writing last week… It had been watered down by the government commissioners and the leader of the council despite them never having been in the negotiations… It beggars belief that a Labour government and Labour council is treating these workers so disgracefully… Unite calls on the decision makers to let common sense prevail in upcoming negotiations.”

Unite says it could drag this on until Christmas if its demands aren’t met. The

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