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South Glos bin strikes called off as union members vote to accept 10% pay increase

A long-running strike by waste and recycling operatives across South Gloucestershire is officially over after union members voted to accept a new, improved 10 percent pay increase. Kerbside collections had been disrupted since Monday 12th June as around 150 employees of SUEZ, the council’s waste contractor, took industrial action in support of a 15 percent pay claim.

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Bin and recycling collections to resume as strike action paused for workers’ ballot

Kerbside waste and recycling collections in South Glos are set to resume in full from Monday (31st July) after strike action was suspended. The Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre, which has been closed due to a lack of staff during the strike, will reopen from the same date. Unite the Union says it is suspending industrial action for three days while it ballots its members on an improved pay offer.

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South Glos bin strike: Council inaction is creating a “public health crisis”, claims Tory

Council leaders have created an “environmental and public health crisis” through lack of action over bin strikes in South Gloucestershire, it is claimed. Waste has quickly piled up and recycling ‘bring banks’ are overwhelmed as residents have no kerbside collections other than black bins, while one of the district’s four Sort It recycling and waste centres, Little Stoke, has had to shut…

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Chief Fire Officer issues safety reminder ahead of strike action

People living and working in the Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) area are being urged to check their fire safety measures ahead of tomorrow’s second national firefighters’ strike. In an on-going dispute with the Government over pensions, Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) members will stage a five-hour walkout on Saturday 19th October from 6.30pm to 11.30pm. During the strike, a

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