Following a widely supported national strike, union federations in the waste sector are taking another day of action on 13 December. The unions have been calling for the renewal of the sector agreement which expired 29 months ago and for efforts to ensure that it covers the whole of the sector. Employers have made no offer to increase pay or to compensate workers for the period since the expiry of the last agreement. Unions are calling for investment in the sector and its workers and will be taking their message to local communities as they mobilise for action on 13 December.
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