Garbage truck drivers have walked off the job, leaving rubbish uncollected in parts of Sydney and Canberra as Cleanaway workers strike for 24 hours as part of a campaign against longer shifts and a cut in overtime rates.
Thousands of residential and commercial bins won’t be collected in the City of Sydney, Randwick, Erskine Park and Silverwater, and Canberra on Tuesday.
It marks he fifth time workers have taken action this year over company plans to reduce penalty rates for weekend work.
The union wants the current enterprise agreement to be rolled over, with the same hours of work and conditions to ensure job security for waste workers.
‘They’re trying to introduce a B-grade group of people coming in here on lesser terms and conditions, more varied conditions, which will ensure that overtime is diminished for our members,’ Transport Workers’ Union NSW/Queensland secretary Richard Olsen said.
Garbage truck drivers have gone on strike, leaving uncollected…