Binmen strike for longer and the odd binwomen

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Binmen strike for longer and the odd binwomen

When you screw more and more out of people and services this is the result

Thatcher and the twats who voted for her kept screwing

Then privatised

Then as money talks......the screwing continues

The bins , care services , transport, utilities

On and on it goes

And then when people do say we have had enough or what about a pay rise ? .......

It's all the fault of the bin men , carers , bus drivers , train drivers , doctors , nurses , cleaners

And those that brought all this crap in get the ordinary people who are understandably pissed off to slag off the workers and do their dirty work for them

[Doucas]

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People who continually vote for austerity complain as they experience the inevitable results of austerity. It'd be ****ing hilarious if it wasn't so predictable and damaging.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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People who continually vote for austerity complain as they experience the inevitable results of austerity. It'd be ****ing hilarious if it wasn't so predictable and damaging.

It's local council mismanagement and wastage that's causing the problems not austerity!

Labour support is strike action, then when they go bust in Birmingham they blame wage inflation as the main reason!

So you're telling your staff they should strike for more, then when you go bust it's because we had to pay the staff we encouraged to strike for more money, more money!

[jon1959]

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It's more to do with the frequency/limits/restriction etc. In parts of N.Wales some collections have become monthly. My son in Herts. has 3 large bins each of which are collected weekly. Accepted a better-off L.A. but that can't wholly account for the huge difference in service levels.

The differences in service levels around the country - and over time - are stark.

We now have four wheelie bins: big black one for general waste (collected every 2 weeks); big brown one for cans, plastics and glass (collected every 4 weeks); small blue one for paper and card (collected every 4 weeks) and a paid-for green garden waste bin (collected every 2 weeks for 6 months of the year). In every case the frequency is half what it was when the service was first privatised over 20 years ago.

I have spent some time recently trying to clear my aunt's house in the Vale after (and before) she died last month. I can't get my head around waste bags (chewed up by dogs and foxes) and the restrictions on disposal of food waste. I tried to empty her freezer of decades old crap a few months back and ended up driving it all back to Sheffield in the boot of the car to get rid of it. I know it's the same down in Cornwall but I can't understand why any council (with in house or contracted collections) wouldn't use wheelie bins.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Binmen strike for longer and the odd binwomen

It's more to do with the frequency/limits/restriction etc. In parts of N.Wales some collections have become monthly. My son in Herts. has 3 large bins each of which are collected weekly. Accepted a better-off L.A. but that can't wholly account for the huge difference in service levels.

Is the rubbish one Labour?

[LeningradCowboy]

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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-waste-collection-strike-run-27850760

Cardiff waste collection strike which has run for over a month set to continue into November

[LeningradCowboy]

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I know someone who used to work at Lamby Way. Apparently, the relationship between the council management and the union leadership has been toxic for a long time.

[RichardM]

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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...e-run-27850760

Cardiff waste collection strike which has run for over a month set to continue into November

It's not just waste collection. It's a strike by Unite members who do all sorts of different jobs.
Waste is still being collected by people who aren't Unite members. However, some waste collectors are striking so the service is reduced, no garden waste collections.

[goats]

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It's not just waste collection. It's a strike by Unite members who do all sorts of different jobs.
Waste is still being collected by people who aren't Unite members. However, some waste collectors are striking so the service is reduced, no garden waste collections.

Yep no garden waste collected since late august maybe? Prob only need to pick this one up and no need again until spring but hey ho everyone’s green bin is full and left out in vain hope along with piles of green bags getting ripped apart. Never been right since they went to a 4 day week, it is toxic, mate if mine just left after 20 yrs with them.

[jeepster]

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well all my waste has been collected

[Dorcus]

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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!

[JamesWales]

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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!

What if you were a steward at Cardiff City and Beyonce is on £50m a year? Or you work at WH smiths and Erling Haaland is on £400k a week?

[the other bob wilson]

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It's local council mismanagement and wastage that's causing the problems not austerity!

Labour support is strike action, then when they go bust in Birmingham they blame wage inflation as the main reason!

So you're telling your staff they should strike for more, then when you go bust it's because we had to pay the staff we encouraged to strike for more money, more money!

You don't see a connection between how a council can operate and the amount of money it gets every year from central Government?

[goats]

Re: Binmen strike for longer and the odd binwomen

You don't see a connection between how a council can operate and the amount of money it gets every year from central Government?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/uk-government-takes-back-150m-26554304

Yeah right

[Feedback]

Re: Binmen strike for longer and the odd binwomen

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.