BIN bags could soon pile up again in Glasgow’s streets after refuse staff in the city said the recent deal with the council did not go far enough.
The GMB said three-quarters of its cleansing service members said the 14 points negotiated with Glasgow City Council for the future of the service did not go far enough.
It also reports that four-fifths of workers would be willing to strike again in response.
And the city could be further hit by workers in more services going on strike. The GMB has said 99% of its members across home care, Glasgow Life, education and social work are prepared to take industrial action against the authority.
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The union said the authority was attempting to exclude more than a fifth of posts included in the 2019 equal pay settlement scheme from future liabilities.
Sean Baillie, GMB Scotland organiser, said: “The lowest-paid workers in Glasgow City Council have been undervalued, exploited and ignored, and their anger is reflected in these overwhelming ballot results.”
A statutory industrial action ballot of cleansing workers will now take place in December, the union said, while workers across home care, Glasgow Life, education, and social work will ballot in January.
Baillie said there “must be change in Glasgow”.
“No political party has clean hands in this Glasgow story and politicians at all levels of representation should listen to the voices of these workers.”
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