Union suspends bin strikes in Bristol to ballot over pay offer
The suspension doesn't apply to South Gloucestershire and Somerset, with refuse workers remaining in dispute in those regions too
Last updated 20th Jun 2024
The Bristol Waste bin strikes - involving more than 300 refuse workers - have been suspended.
It's to allow for a ballot on the improved offer put on the table by the company.
Unite has called the ballot an 'act of goodwill', but is warning of the potential of future strikes if the ballot is refused.
Residents in the Bristol Waste area are being urged to put your bins and boxes out as usual whilst the ballot is open.
If the offer by the members of the Unite Union is rejected, strikes will begin on Thursday 13 July and last until Sunday 16 July, with a further 14 days of strike action beginning on Monday 24 July.
Unite regional officer Ken Fish said: “As an act of goodwill our members have agreed to suspend strike action while they are balloted on the new offer.”
The suspension of strikes don't impact the further walkouts by members of the Unite Union who are in dispute with Suez in South Gloucestershire or in Somerset.