Industrial action will see rubbish bins go uncollected on Spring, Flinders, Victoria and Spencer streets
Melbourne’s city streets are in danger of disappearing under a pile of waste as rubbish collectors step up demands for a new pay deal.
The action is in response to employer Citywide’s refusal to negotiate a new enterprise agreement, instead opting to rollover the existing one, according to the union.“Why wouldn’t you at least want to listen to your employees?” The Australian Services Union, in contrast with MUWU, supports Citywide’s proposal, the company said.The union was looking at a standard increase of $50 a week and a weekly emergency allowance of an additional $20, but what workers settled on should be up to them, she said.As of Wednesday, Citywide believed about 20 workers were considering industrial action, which it said would be unlawful and liable to be halted by a Fair Work Commission order.
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