Waste collection workers in Wirral have begun a week-long strike in an ongoing dispute over pay.
Around 200 workers employed by Biffa Waste Management started the industrial action today and will remain on strike until Saturday. The workers, employed on the Wirral Council outsourced refuse contact, are making a stand to end low pay rates with current wages ranging from £10.76 to £11.95 an hour.
The Unite the Union members are seeking a 15% pay increase to "tackle the cost of living crisis". The union has argued this pay increase would reflect the "real rate of inflation". A Biffa spokesperson told the ECHO the company had offered an improved "above-inflation" deal that had been rejected.
