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Rubbish dispute in Salford resolved

02/08/2007

A dispute between refuse workers and Salford City Council has been resolved after weeks of wrangling and disrupted rubbish collections.

The refuse workers, represented by the Unite union, have been demanding an end to a two-tier pay structure for council employees and agency workers.

Under the current pay structure, permanent council workers earn £7.92, compared with £5.35 an hour for agency staff.

The council has now agreed to make some of the posts permanent and to review workloads for other workers.

As reported by the BBC, David Robinson, assistant director for operational services at the council, said: "Areas outside shops, pubs etc, will receive a full street cleansing service and all domestic and recycling services will resume.

"Everybody will receive a collection on their designated day and our green waste service, which had been suspended, will also resume as normal."

As well as several strikes in recent weeks, union members also called for a work to rule and a ban on overtime.

Local newspaper the Salford Advertiser recently claimed that it has been inundated with calls from angry residents, who say their rubbish has not been collected for weeks, thereby increasing the risk of vermin.



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