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Catherine Hunter

Glasgow cleaning staff facing 'shocking and shameful' working conditions, union claim

Glasgow’s next administration is being urged to address the “shocking and shameful” working conditions facing its cleansing department at Polmadie Depot.

The GMB trade union claims workers are being forced to eat their dinner surrounded by rats while the hundreds of tyres “dumped” there pose a health and environmental hazard to the city.

And as talks continue over which party will be running the council, GMB convenor Chris Mitchell says whoever “gets the keys to the city” needs to make sure things change.

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