00:00Refuge workers in East London are due to strike for a week in July, Unite Union has announced.
00:07Union members working in Redbridge will stop collecting rubbish from July 1st to July 7th
00:12in a row over working conditions.
00:15Last year the streets around Whitechapel were piled with rubbish as bin collectors in Tower
00:20Hamlet went on strike.
00:22Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham accused Redbridge Council of treating some of their
00:27most vital workers appallingly.
00:30A spokesman for the council said an independent company, Redbridge Civic Service, managed
00:36the waste contract and RCS was in the early stages of negotiations with United.
00:42The union said its members had far worse conditions than their council-employed colleagues.
00:47A Redbridge Council spokesman said the council is confident that the extensive package was
00:52a significant improvement.
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