BINMEN is expected to go on strike tomorrow after a unanimous vote last month.
A GMB union poll showed 100 percent of members who voted were in favor of the walkout, which is due to begin on Tuesday, October 5.
As a result, Cityclean of Brighton, recycling, commercial waste and truck drivers will go on strike for two weeks.
The strike was triggered by a dispute over wages and working conditions.
GMB is calling on Brighton and Hove city councils to resolve an ongoing dispute over unilateral imposed daily changes and the removal of drivers from longtime tours.
The union said the council leader and chief executive should “stop putting their heads in the sand and take note of the seriousness of the conflict.”
The strike that begins on Tuesday will be the first in a series of strike dates.
Branch secretary Mark Turner said: “I’m sure the board will want people to believe that it’s only the GMB union and its members that are causing the disruption again, but the truth is that this dispute avoidable is entirely the result of own advice. manufacturing.
“They have been repeatedly made aware of service issues and the harm to the health and well-being of our members resulting from tinkering with well-established routes and moving heavy truck drivers outside of their own board’s formal procedures. , but they ignored our members and complaints from workplace reps allowing it to continue anyway.
While Gary Palmer, regional GMB organizer, said the council has had “a long time” to resolve the issue.
“Recently I spoke with one of our GMB members who hit the nail on the head when he said, ‘I doubt they’ll listen to us seriously until we stand out on the line. picketing at the gates of the Hollingdean depot, they never do, ‘he said.
A statement released earlier by GMB said the council was granted a two-week grace period before the strikes.
Following the announcement, Brighton and Hove City Council reaffirmed its “continued commitment” to working with unions and staff to resolve the conflict and “provide good service to residents”.
A council spokesperson said Covid-19 was having a “negative impact on the health of Cityclean staff”.
“The country is also facing a national shortage of heavy truck drivers mainly due to the fact that EU heavy truck drivers can no longer obtain visas to work in the UK,” he said. .
“Together we know these factors have created pressure within the Cityclean department and we thank all of the Cityclean staff who have continued to work incredibly hard in these unprecedented and difficult times. ”
The spokesperson said that in order to provide the best service to the city, there have been occasions when “it has been deemed appropriate to change crews or to relocate a staff member from a tour or a crew to another”.
“We believe that these requests are made in an open and fair manner and that any concerns about cycle changes are dealt with promptly by managers,” he said.
“We take staff concerns seriously, which has seen agents take a number of recent commitments and offers to GMB and drivers to take them into account.”
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Source: www.theargus.co.uk
This notice was published: 2021-10-04 09:46:30
