Cardiff six week Rubbish and recycling collection strike 22nd April

[City123]

The timing of this industrial action just prior to the local elections is interesting. The Unions must be pinning their hopes on the current Labour Council not wanting waste piling up in the streets in the run up to the vote.

Unite are the ones pushing the strike and they're not exactly huge fans of the Labour Party at the moment, all funding from Unite to Labour is "under review" after the bin workers in Coventry went out on strike due to poor treatment

[Enoch Mort]

Unite are the ones pushing the strike and they're not exactly huge fans of the Labour Party at the moment, all funding from Unite to Labour is "under review" after the bin workers in Coventry went out on strike due to poor treatment

Interesting to know. I used to work for the Council but left some years ago so my knowledge of the Employment Relations situation at Lamby Way must be out of date by now but when I was there GMB seemed to have the most say which may have been down to the individual characters representing the staff rather than the make up of Union Membership

[JamesWales]

Exactly, it won't be pretty if they do go on strike but they have their reasons.

Yep. Especially if it isn't over pay - that to me says there is something particularly significant about it.

[Mr Soul '68]

They're going to sort it by charging people extra to collect their garden waste.

All that will do is encourage fly tipping!

[goats]

No they don't

Yeah they do

[goats]

Yep. Especially if it isn't over pay - that to me says there is something particularly significant about it.

It’s about bullying

[The Bloop]

All that will do is encourage fly tipping!

Or more people burning their garden waste

[North Cardiff Blue]

Waste strike has been delayed pending further negotiations. So no strike action tomorrow!!!

Thank God for that I've got shed loads to go, and can use the Llanishen Tax Office temporary site for some stuff Saturday

Still negotiating they've played a blinder with the timing, they have the Council and Welsh Government exactly where they want them!

[life on mars]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...s-set-23685999

Cardiff rubbish and recycling collections set to see 'widespread' disruption as binmen and women vote to strike
The six-week long strike is set to begin on April 22

I hope they don't strike it would be an absolute nightmare especially as it's getting warmer!

Well at least they won't leave rubbish scattered everywhere, scatter the bins half way down the street , and not bother to even place the orange labeled bins back nearer the elderly, vulnerable and disabled who find it very hard to move the bins themselves. Perhaps Mark Drakeford could step in as First Minister and mobilise a fight force or is he still too unionised in thought to offer a view as per the DVLA strikes ??

[bobh]

Well at least they won't leave rubbish scattered everywhere, scatter the bins half way down the street , and not bother to even place the orange labeled bins back nearer the elderly, vulnerable and disabled who find it very hard to move the bins themselves. Perhaps Mark Drakeford could step in as First Minister and mobilise a fight force or is he still too unionised in thought to offer a view as per the DVLA strikes ??

I've had to replace my brown food waste bin several times as they just chuck it after emptying- sometimes in the road, and it gets run over.

[BLUETIT]

You can tell there is an Election coming, NOT only have they collected our food bin today (bin thrown in middle of pavement), they sent the sweeping machine out yesterday

First time I’ve seen one of those in years

[lincoln blue]

Yeah they do

Oh no they don't 😉

[The Bloop]

You can tell there is an Election coming, NOT only have they collected our food bin today (bin thrown in middle of pavement), they sent the sweeping machine out yesterday

First time I’ve seen one of those in years

We had a road sweeper a couple of weeks ago. Bit pointless when there's cars parked nose to tail on each side of the street.

[poc]

Well at least they won't leave rubbish scattered everywhere, scatter the bins half way down the street , and not bother to even place the orange labeled bins back nearer the elderly, vulnerable and disabled who find it very hard to move the bins themselves. Perhaps Mark Drakeford could step in as First Minister and mobilise a fight force or is he still too unionised in thought to offer a view as per the DVLA strikes ??

are the dvla still on strike? they keep blaming covid to me