Unite has criticised an 'open letter' written by South Gloucestershire Council claiming it is a 'pretend intervention'.
A dispute between the union and Suez, the waste company hired by the council, means residents will have to endure a summer of bin strikes. There are fears that uncollected rubbish will lead to health hazards, especially for the most vulnerable people who would have difficulty getting waste to recycling centres.
At the moment, it's claimed that Suez won't return to the negotiating table and now the council, which hires Suez, has asked both parties to issue a 'clear explanation' to the public about what's happening. In the letter, dated July 4, the leader and co-leader of South Gloucestershire Council called upon both Unite and Suez to "explain what actions have been taken to date to settle the industrial action and to set out how [they] will resolve the dispute between them".
