No disruption to refuse and recycling service in Charnwood as pay offer agreed

Around 100 local refuse and street cleaning workers voted to accept a pay offer worth between 8 and 18 per cent for the lowest paid workers.

Some Serco employees proposed to take industrial action if an agreement on pay was not reached.

Serco is Charnwood Borough Council’s refuse and recycling partner.

Council leader Jewel Miah said: “I am pleased an agreement has been reached and this important service for Charnwood residents will not be affected by any industrial action. We look forward to continuing to deliver the service with Serco and its hard-working team.”

Around 100 local refuse and street cleaning workers voted to accept a pay offer worth between 8 and 18 per cent for the lowest paid workers.

Jim Clarke, GMB Organiser, said: “It’s unfortunate that Serco top brass let the situation escalate to this point.

“Our members do heavy, demanding and dirty work. For a company like Serco who recently announced eye watering profits to impose a real terms pay cut on them was wrong from day one.

“Local people know this and are now rightly asking why our local bin collections are done by a company more interested in generating bloated profits than delivering a service to local tax payers”.