[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Funited-kingdom-pay-increase-for-waste-workers-august-31-2023":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},16518,"united-kingdom-pay-increase-for-waste-workers-august-31-2023","United Kingdom - Pay increase for waste workers - August 31, 2023",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Funited-kingdom-pay-increase-for-waste-workers-august-31-2023","pages.newspage","en","2023-09-12T22:37:38.014000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:39:59.454371+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F16518\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2023",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Funited-kingdom-pay-increase-for-waste-workers-august-31-2023\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2023-09-13T00:37:38.014000+02:00","2025-12-27T10:08:23.348163+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Following strike action, the trade union Unite has secured a 10.1% pay increase for waste workers employed by the Suez multinational in\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unitetheunion.org\u002Fnews-events\u002Fnews\u002F2023\u002Faugust\u002Fsouth-gloucestershire-bin-strikes-off-after-unite-secures-over-10-rise\u002F\"> South Gloucestershire. \u003C\u002Fa>Strike action against Suez also delivered in Somerset where the union won a 9% pay increase up from the original offer of 4.85%. Lengthy strike action by Unite in 2022 led to an agreement on pay but now the council is threatening cuts to the workers pay and conditions. The GMB trade union has also notched up successes, firstly in\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gmb.org.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fbiffa-avoids-bin-chaos-winchester-settling-pay-dispute\"> Winchester \u003C\u002Fa>where the threat of strike action led to the Biffa company increasing pay with drivers now getting £ 15.50 (€ 18) an hour and loaders £ 12.00 (€ 14) an hour; and secondly in\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gmb.org.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fashford-and-swale-refuse-collectors-accept-large-pay-offer\"> Ashford and Swalew\u003C\u002Fa>here workers are now on similar rates following the GMB’s negotiation of a 10% pay increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unitetheunion.org\u002Fnews-events\u002Fnews\u002F2023\u002Faugust\u002Fsouth-gloucestershire-bin-strikes-off-after-unite-secures-over-10-rise\u002F\"> in English… \u003C\u002Fa>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unitetheunion.org\u002Fnews-events\u002Fnews\u002F2023\u002Fjuly\u002Fsomerset-bin-strikes-off-as-suez-workers-accept-9-pay-rise\u002F\"> in English (2)…\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\">p.t.debeer@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]