[News] Brighton waste collection strike….

[Sirnormangall]

Expect a few low level managers to thrown under a bus when this is settled

What? Someone being held accountable in a local authority? Surely not?

I don’t understand any reference to a 2 week strike - I’ve not had a collection for a month. Can any one advise of the home address of the GMB guy so that I can leave my rubbish on his doorstep?

 

[BN41Albion]

What? Someone being held accountable in a local authority? Surely not?

I don’t understand any reference to a 2 week strike - I’ve not had a collection for a month. Can any one advise of the home address of the GMB guy so that I can leave my rubbish on his doorstep?

Yep, before the strike its not like the waste service in the city was any good. Frequent missed collections, and always different excuses while all other councils around the area and in other areas I know people living in carry on no problems at all.

 

[Medwayseagull]

On the plus side, I had a rat to keep me company when I was running along the prom this morning.

Which Tory friend were you out with ?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Yep, before the strike its not like the waste service in the city was any good. Frequent missed collections, and always different excuses while all other councils around the area and in other areas I know people living in carry on no problems at all.

In Henfield you can set your watch by the bin, recycling and garden waste collection.

 

[Eric the meek]

After all this is over, I recommend a rebranding exercise to reflect the true opinion of the public.

Cityclean should become Cityfilth.

Binmen should be referred to as wasters.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

I see the drivers point. Must be bloody irritating when your used to driving one round but then get moved over to do another.

Either way this doesn't look good for the people in charge. Brighton needs a new council, because the place has gone really downhill over the last 10 years.

 

[Eric the meek]

I see the drivers point. Must be bloody irritating when your used to driving one round but then get moved over to do another.

Either way this doesn't look good for the people in charge. Brighton needs a new council, because the place has gone really downhill over the last 10 years.

I would have thought that an important part of having a job as a driver, is the willingness to drive where you're needed to drive, not where you want to drive.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I see the drivers point. Must be bloody irritating when your used to driving one round but then get moved over to do another.

Either way this doesn't look good for the people in charge. Brighton needs a new council, because the place has gone really downhill over the last 10 years.

What do you mean by "new council"?

There's a new one every four years, democratically elected. There's been no overall control since 2003 and since then everyone except the Lib Dems have had a go at running it on a minority basis.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I see the drivers point. Must be bloody irritating when your used to driving one round but then get moved over to do another.

That's literally their job. Imagine if everyone in the world went on strike every time they got irritated at work!

I don't know the details of the reasons for the strike, but if it's that then they can do one. I'm sure it must be more than that.

 

[Hamilton]

Was just listening to Radio 4 Today report on the bin strike while driving into Brighton. I heard one of the members of the public say, “you can smell it before you see it” and thought, well that’s surely an over-reaction.

Parked up in the North Laine. Opened the door, and sure enough, you CAN smell it.

Time for both the Council and the GMB to fix this. If I were these drivers, I would be saying that it’s time to go back because they’ve shown the council what can happen if they strike again. The Union will get more support if they are seen to be returning now.


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[Chicken Run]

Can any one advise of the home address of the GMB guy so that I can leave my rubbish on his doorstep?

His GMB offices are on the corner of Salisbury Road & Church Road in Hove.

I should add, in case you want advice if you’re ever irritated at work![emoji6]


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[Chicken Run]

I see the drivers point. Must be bloody irritating when your used to driving one round but then get moved over to do another.

Either way this doesn't look good for the people in charge. Brighton needs a new council, because the place has gone really downhill over the last 10 years.

They’re drivers ffs [emoji2357]


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[Chicken Run]

That's literally their job. Imagine if everyone in the world went on strike every time they got irritated at work!

I don't know the details of the reasons for the strike, but if it's that then they can do one. I'm sure it must be more than that.

Exactly this, post people and bus drivers get moved to different rounds/routes all the time!!!


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[wellquickwoody]

His GMB offices are on the corner of Salisbury Road & Church Road in Hove.


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Spot on. Would be a shame if the entrance got inundated with rubbish.

His home address would be more fitting……..

 

[Hamilton]

The driver interviewed on Radio 4 was hilarious. He said that drivers spend a long time building up a relationship with their community. Bollocks. Until February, I’d lived in Brighton practically all my life in several locations and I never knew who my refuse team were.

They are on shaky ground and Mark Turner is just using a situation to stoke trouble.

Why not make CityClean Brighton an independent company. Independent from the Council and CityClean Group. That way, it would be paid on performance and would by now have collapsed having put them all out of work. They could then reapply for work at a new contractor.

I’m not suggesting there are no workers rights - fair pay, fair hours etc - but Mark Turner is demonstrating everything that is 100% wrong with the way some union reps go about their business.


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[Chicken Run]

Spot on. Would be a shame if the entrance got inundated with rubbish.

His home address would be more fitting……..

I wouldn’t condone the rather large car park at the back though…..


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[Chicken Run]

The driver interviewed on Radio 4 was hilarious. He said that drivers spend a long time building up a relationship with their community. Bollocks. Until February, I’d lived in Brighton practically all my life in several locations and I never knew who my refuse team were.

They are on shaky ground and Mark Turner is just using a situation to stoke trouble.

Why not make CityClean Brighton an independent company. Independent from the Council and CityClean Group. That way, it would be paid on performance and would by now have collapsed having put them all out of work. They could then reapply for work at a new contractor.

I’m not suggesting there are no workers rights - fair pay, fair hours etc - but Mark Turner is demonstrating everything that is 100% wrong with the way some union reps go about their business.


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What a joke, they spend a lot of their time sat on their fat arses looking at their phones.


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[beorhthelm]

Time for both the Council and the GMB to fix this. If I were these drivers, I would be saying that it’s time to go back because they’ve shown the council what can happen if they strike again. The Union will get more support if they are seen to be returning now.

you'd think so. but we see time after time unions dont grasp this concept and pursue a policy of digging in when the public turn against them. they're not very clever in this regard, after decades of this strategy failing them and damaging their members and unions.

 

[southstandandy]

Was in Brighton last night for a gig and couldn't believe the sacks of rubbish everywhere. Rats in plain view in many locations we walked past. Never seen the centre of town looking such a mess other than after Pride events.

 

[Chicken Run]

The driver interviewed on Radio 4 was hilarious. He said that drivers spend a long time building up a relationship with their community. Bollocks. Until February, I’d lived in Brighton practically all my life in several locations and I never knew who my refuse team were.

They are on shaky ground and Mark Turner is just using a situation to stoke trouble.

Why not make CityClean Brighton an independent company. Independent from the Council and CityClean Group. That way, it would be paid on performance and would by now have collapsed having put them all out of work. They could then reapply for work at a new contractor.

I’m not suggesting there are no workers rights - fair pay, fair hours etc - but Mark Turner is demonstrating everything that is 100% wrong with the way some union reps go about their business.


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They tried that with Ecovert , the problem is you get the same militant workers in the majority or the sons, if you want the smell to go away you have to bury the shit not change the toilet and put the same shit back in it.


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