A trade union has warned it is "do or die time" in a pay talk showdown with a refuse company as strike action is threatened. GMB members have asked for "action now" from North Somerset Environment Company to combat rising living costs, and have warned more than 100 workers could walk out as part of future strikes.
North Somerset Council has said it remains willing to engage with GMB and that they look forward to the next meeting where they hope to draw a conclusion to the negotiations. It said that recycling services this week will go ahead as usual this week, but that the overtime ban means that members are not able to work extra time to help catch-up with any backlog.
GMB union is calling on NSEC to make an offer that "recognises the unprecedented cost of living crisis hitting members right now". The trade union says refuse workers have rejected a revised offer which they say fails to give members a real pay rise this year despite inflation hitting nine per cent, as measured by the Bank of England's CPI metric, reports Somerset Live.
