BREAKING: Manchester bin strike dates announced in four-week walkout which could hit 220,000 homes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBin strikes are set to start in Manchester on May 3, unions have announced today. Up to 220,000 households could be affected by the strikes which would last for 10 days with a further two weeks of industrial action planned from May 23.
The four weeks of strikes are set to start two days before the local elections. Members of trade unions GMB and Unite, who make up more than half of the workforce, took part in a ballot which closed on April 12 with up to 94 pc voting in favour of industrial action over an 'offensive' pay offer by Biffa.
The outsourced waste company which has a contract with Manchester council for bin collections offered most of its staff a 1.75 pc pay rise worth 17p an hour. READ MORE: All the candidates standing in Manchester council local elections 2022 by ward This leaves loaders, who empty the bins into the wagons, with £10.14 an hour.
Drivers, who currently earn £11.40 an hour, have been offered £13 – but with HGV licences, they claim they could be earning much more money elsewhere.
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