Brighton bin strike: city council hopes to find a resolution and avoid industrial action

By Nicola Caines
Published 22nd Sep 2021, 12:12 BST
The City Clean depot at HollingdeanThe City Clean depot at Hollingdean
The City Clean depot at Hollingdean
Brighton and Hove City Council has responded to the announcement that bin lorry drivers have voted for strike action.

The GMB union announced yesterday (Tuesday) that Brighton’s City Clean refuse, recycling, commercial waste, and com-bin HGV drivers had voted to take strike action.

The union said the strike vote came after an ongoing dispute with the city council over 'enforced driver removals, changes of duties, crew variations and alterations in plans around the collection of dropped work' which had 'a detrimental impact on the HGV drivers health and well-being at the city’s Hollingdean depot'. READ MORE: Bin strikes: Brighton and Hove bin lorry drivers vote for two-week strike action | Brighton & Hove Independent (brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk)Brighton and Hove City Council has moved to restate its commitment to working with unions and staff to ‘resolve the dispute and provide a good service to residents’.

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