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If I was a binman on £25k a year working hard in a filthy job and you had a PM worth £300 mil + for doing f**k all then yes I'd go on strike. Let's get real!
On one hand its good to see them standing up for better Ts and Cs, but on the other hand, the service they provide is dire so they don't really deserve anything for the less than mediocrity service they currently provide.
Its not just binmen by any stretch, they're just the most visible. Its all Unite members in Cardiff Council so lots of electricians and maintenance staff as well.
Unison also voted in favour of strike action but couldnt take it as they didnt get the mandatory 50% turnout (tell me a councillor thats elected on a 50% turnout?). GMB didnt ballot as they are a bunch of shithouses.
Councils in England have already settled with Unite for better terms, 4 weeks in and Cardiff Council havent even come to the negotiating table, even though the WLGA have ordered them to. As soon as negotiations begin, the strike stops. Feel free to contact your councillor and give them some shit about it.
If it is within a built up area then unless the road is exempt the default speed is 20 MPH so there is no obligation to sign it as such, so the signs aren't required.
Still a stupid waste of money to pay someone to take them down. I wonder if that is on top of the £32 million or are all the putting up and taking down actions in addition?
Don't think I've expressed an opinion on the proposed extra MSs. If you want one, I'll say it does seem a bit excessive, but if it leads to no overall majority in the senedd and more collaboration over decisions made there, then an increase could have benefits.
I'm still waiting though for evidence that the vast majority of people don't want a 20mph limit.
Contract the bin collection out, so the service on offer is under contract, problem solved.
No
This is how essential services should be organised
Provide local authorities with the funding to employ refuge workers on decent contracts with fair working conditions , pensions and pay
That absolutely will provide a far better service for the public than the Conservative way which you support of privatising absolutely anything that isn't nailed down
And abolishing it if it can't be privatised
Care , refuge , leisure centres
All utter disasters when put out to privatisation
Oh and buses and trains
You lot will never learn but you lot who vote Tory don't tend to use the buses or leisure centres
But with the bins you have no choice and when it goes tits up you blame the workers and not the stupid privatised system
Idiots
No it isn't. They are public sector workers working for a council that has been Labour run for a decade and funded by a Welsh Govt that has been Labour run for a quarter of a century.
You can't have your cake and eat it. If the UK govt are to blame for health strikes in England then the Welsh Govt and Council are here.
The reality is infinitely more complex of course but that would require not just blaming the UK govt at a national level so I doubt you'll go down that route