The proposed strike dates also include part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Bin strikes are set to start in Manchester on 3 May, unions have announced.
The outsourced waste company which has a contract with Manchester council for bin collections offered most of its staff a 1.75% pay rise worth 17p an hour.'Ongoing negotiations' Both unions are set to start the industrial action on 3 May until 13 May with a further two-week strike planned from 23 May to 3 June taking in part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations."The company should be utterly ashamed of making such a lousy pay offer, which is actually a pay cut, at a time when workers are battling a cost of living crisis.
GMB regional organiser Michael Clark said: "More than 200,000 homes now face bin chaos because Biffa is trying to force through a real terms pay cut.The strikes will start two days before the local council elections on 5 May.
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