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COVENTRY refuse workers, who empty bins “during heatwaves, and hailstorms,” voted for action today.
According to Unite, the workers voted with an overwhelming majority of 74 per cent as they resist the council’s efforts to enforce substantial cuts to their employment terms and conditions.
The union maintains that local government workers’ pay has been slashed by 20 per cent in real terms since 2010.
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
Sharon Graham addresses the Unite policy conference after talks over the Birmingham bin strikes break down