Despite working through the pandemic, refuse & cleansing workers in @Merton_Council have only been offered a 1.5% pay increase, an effective pay cut when inflation is considered. We are paid below the London Living Wage with widespread use of zero-hours contracts.
If you want to continue supporting refuse workers and cleansers in London, in our struggle for justice. Please follow and retweet our brothers and sisters in @MertonRefuse #binstrike
Last year @cllr_alambritis came to the depot with a photographer in tow, now he won’t even meet us to talk about poverty pay and zero hours contracts; why? #Justice4MertonBinmen
Victory at Bexley! A deal has been reached for
- change in local management
- full sick pay
- the reinstatement of members spuriously sacked
- improvement on health and safety
- bank holiday backpay sorted out
- a substantial pay rise of between £1.50 and 90p an hour.
Despite working through the pandemic, refuse & cleansing workers in @Merton_Council have only been offered a 1.5% pay increase, an effective pay cut when inflation is considered. We are paid below the London Living Wage with widespread use of zero-hours contracts.
Refuse workers across London have worked through the pandemic, and now they're expected to swallow a pay cut? Nonsense. Time for a ballot on industrial action⌛
On top of that we have no sick pay often forcing us to work while ill.
We expect better from a Labour council. It’s time for Merton Council to treat us fairly. @MertonLabour