13 July (Part 1) - Summer of Stink Round 2
I suppose the second bin strike will be an excuse for some political
squabbling just as it was a year ago. I am more than happy to accept that Bexley
Council will have screwed CountryStyle into a tight financial corner and that
CountryStyle were willing victims anxious to take on their first municipal
collection service but it difficult to find the evidence that CountryStyle
secured their contract at the expense of their workers.
In September the Unite Union was cock-a-hoop at having secured among the best
pay rates in London and CountryStyle staff were a given a further pay increase in April.
The average is 19%
above last year’s Serco pay rate and more has been promised for next April.
In return the workers have been asked to be more flexible before bunking off work early.
They object to flexibility and prefer the Old Spanish Customs.
I thought I had heard the last of that phrase circa 1982.
The Bexley Labour Group has responded as follows…
Click image for Labour Group statement in full.