BIN strikes could be looming in west London as refuse workers represented by the GMB union prepare for a consultative industrial action ballot over pay. 

Staff at Ealing Council’s trading company, Greener Ealing Ltd, are angry over a below-inflation 2 per cent wage boost for 2022-23 that amounts to a “massive” real terms pay cut, the union stressed.

The dates of the vote, which would need to be followed by a formal strike ballot, will be announced imminently, GMB confirmed.