Gards Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Think it's across 15 Scottish councils....but looks like bin collection strikes start in Edinburgh from 18th August until 30th. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62553609 That'll be nice for the city during the festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Tough pay packet next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 As an agency bin lorry driver at Midlothian council it's a really shitty situation to be in as they are in the process of taking strike action. Being agency I've not got a leg to stand on I'll just turn up at work as normal. However I'll need to walk past my best mate on the picket line. Hopefully it doesn't come to that and they came come up with something better than the 2.5% increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Sir Craig Gordon said: As an agency bin lorry driver at Midlothian council it's a really shitty situation to be in as they are in the process of taking strike action. Being agency I've not got a leg to stand on I'll just turn up at work as normal. However I'll need to walk past my best mate on the picket line. Hopefully it doesn't come to that and they came come up with something better than the 2.5% increase. Offer of 3.5% after the additional Scottish Government funding rejected yesterday. Edited August 16, 2022 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBE Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 The new shit lying around won't look out of place alongside the old shit lying around, the city is a miden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restonbabe Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Bins havent been emptied at my dads house for a week. Can't get anymore in the bins and there is shit lying all across the floor. Seagulls and rats & squirrels having a feast now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdy Doody Jambo Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 The whole country is in the bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Does that mean no bins getting emptied for two weeks? Its Landfill day on Thursday, and I don't know if I should put the bin out as its not full yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Was in town on Saturday night and the bins were overflowing. Not a great sight during the festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, heartsfc_fan said: Was in town on Saturday night and the bins were overflowing. Not a great sight during the festival. As long as there are cycle lanes everything is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 How will anybody tell that they're on strike? Edinburgh is a stinking midden on the best of days even with full bin pickup service. This is a comment on the council's lack of investment, not a comment on the workers themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 45 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: As long as there are cycle lanes everything is okay. A few more road closures and needless temporary lights might be required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, escobri said: A few more road closures and needless temporary lights might be required. Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said: As long as there are cycle lanes everything is okay. Ha. True. And the tram line development keeps continuing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 2 hours ago, frankblack said: Does that mean no bins getting emptied for two weeks? Its Landfill day on Thursday, and I don't know if I should put the bin out as its not full yet. Strike starts Thursday. So if you are every 2 weeks you just miss 1 uplift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 56 minutes ago, heartsfc_fan said: Ha. True. And the tram line development keeps continuing. All these recycling places dotted all over Edinburgh will be in a bigger mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull's-eye Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Bloody tories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Mikey1874 said: Strike starts Thursday. So if you are every 2 weeks you just miss 1 uplift. Landfill and recycling are alternative weeks so my landfill is due Thursday meaning it would be four weeks if they don't pick up on Thursday or the next two weeks. The council have a duty to provide the services we pay for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBE Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Garbage, weeds, rats, fag-ends, take-away wrapping, Gull's, dug shite and Hibernian FC. We continue (with ease) to manage H1b5, but the rest is now woefully out-of-hand. Edinburgh & the Lothians seemed to be better maintained in the 70's 80's 90's...East Lothian Council is the largest employer in the county. Basic services are diminishing with council tax rising...something ain't right... 3 council Transit vans, 6 bodies to replace a neighbours cracked bathtub (big laddie). Two bodies were working, other four were having Zzzzzz's...f**kin outrageous waste of resources and my C/tax contribution. Edited August 17, 2022 by OBE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 need a rise on my minn wage, oh wait , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 This will be the workers Lizz Truss was on about. Lazier bunch of ***** you’ll never meet than Edinburgh Bin men. Can’t speak for the other councils but judging by the Glasgow rat scandal recently I’d assume the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdy Doody Jambo Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Will the clowncil reimburse it's tax payers for reduced services unfulfilled? It's only right and would be the proper honest procedure as the residents may now have to outsource the disposal of rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 11 hours ago, escobri said: A few more road closures and needless temporary lights might be required. aye leave Roseburn , thats already in a huge mess, joke. what are they actually doing there, saw a sign for dont overtake cyclists, have a job in one lane and you need a distance of 1.5 metres , clowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Reynolds Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I'm looking forward to not being woken up at the back of seven on whatever day they decide to empty them tbqh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Arent there any freelance surly *******s the council could hire temporarily to leave what were neatly laid out bins, randomly and haphazardly in the middle of pavements, blocking garden gates and providing unwanted obstacle courses for the elderly, disabled, folk with prams, wheelchairs etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, been here before said: Arent there any freelance surly *******s the council could hire temporarily to leave what were neatly laid out bins, randomly and haphazardly in the middle of pavements, blocking garden gates and providing unwanted obstacle courses for the elderly, disabled, folk with prams, wheelchairs etc? Couple of things stopping that. Firstly it would cost the council money to do that and secondly but more importantly the private contractor would do the job in half the time without leaving the street like a tornado has just strolled down it. Just isn’t going to happen I’m afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I’m loathe to miss out on an opportunity to put the boot into the council but isn’t refuge collection centrally funded? Therefore this a Scottish government issue (hence the strikes going on across the country). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Will be a minor inconvenience if my bin doesn’t get collected. Fully support the bin workers and their strike action, just get them paid what they deserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Zico said: I’m loathe to miss out on an opportunity to put the boot into the council but isn’t refuge collection centrally funded? Therefore this a Scottish government issue (hence the strikes going on across the country). Local Government is funded mostly by central Government. Plus council tax and other revenue mostly charges. But its responsibility of councils. Unite has chosen publicity due to the festival. So doing a 12 day strike in Edinburgh. Other councils bin men striking for 5 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 43 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said: Local Government is funded mostly by central Government. Plus council tax and other revenue mostly charges. But its responsibility of councils. Unite has chosen publicity due to the festival. So doing a 12 day strike in Edinburgh. Other councils bin men striking for 5 days. Cheers. Back to slagging off the council then - useless *****, pavements and roads are a disgrace, they’re only bothered about tourists etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 They should get the 5% being asked for, councils have cut costs, cut staff to bare minimums and now the staff want paid for the extra work and stress being taken on. The scottish government provided extra funding to go towards these payrises yet cosla are sitting at 2.5% and then made a late 3.5% offer that was also rejected. Government and councils openly talk about cost of living crisis, support for staff and citizens, yet they wont lead by example and provide the staff a fair % increase which starts to then put pressure on the private sector to do the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I've got a couple of mates who work on the bins. Earn quite a bit more than I do and work about 5 hours a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Council have a website with "updates": https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/binstrike Basically don't put the bin out and they will do **** all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Lecter Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Takes just a few days for our communal bins to fill and start to overflow. God knows what state the street is going to be in with rubbish by the end of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Reynolds Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 48 minutes ago, Hannibal Lecter said: Takes just a few days for our communal bins to fill and start to overflow. God knows what state the street is going to be in with rubbish by the end of this. Same. Not enough bins but the council won't supply more as it will apparently encourage more going to landfill. Doesn't make sense though as the recycling is the exact same! It just means they're coming out more often to empty them though as they get reported as overflowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Had a private refuse & recycle bin for a while now. Only a tenner a week. Saves hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Pap said: Had a private refuse & recycle bin for a while now. Only a tenner a week. Saves hassle. £500.00 a year. Quite a lot but if you can afford it crack on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Dennis Reynolds said: Same. Not enough bins but the council won't supply more as it will apparently encourage more going to landfill. Doesn't make sense though as the recycling is the exact same! It just means they're coming out more often to empty them though as they get reported as overflowing. It doesn't go to a land fill anymore. It gets burnt at the big waste plant at millerhill. Edited August 17, 2022 by Sir Craig Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: £500.00 a year. Quite a lot but if you can afford it crack on. Folk spend £30pw / £1440 per year on bevvy. Quite a lot. I dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Pap said: Folk spend £30pw / £1440 per year on bevvy. Quite a lot. I dont. Priorities. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Priorities. 👍 I spend the rest on prostitutes though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Gorgie Spiv said: They should get the 5% being asked for, councils have cut costs, cut staff to bare minimums and now the staff want paid for the extra work and stress being taken on. The scottish government provided extra funding to go towards these payrises yet cosla are sitting at 2.5% and then made a late 3.5% offer that was also rejected. Government and councils openly talk about cost of living crisis, support for staff and citizens, yet they wont lead by example and provide the staff a fair % increase which starts to then put pressure on the private sector to do the same And don't forget these lads and lasses worked throught Covid. Deserve the 5% as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Pap said: Folk spend £30pw / £1440 per year on bevvy. Quite a lot. I dont. If you spent 30 sheets a week on bevvy then you'd get more value for your tenner a week thanks to the empties you'd have to throw out. Win/win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 24 minutes ago, been here before said: If you spent 30 sheets a week on bevvy then you'd get more value for your tenner a week thanks to the empties you'd have to throw out. Win/win. I'm no paying for a private bottle collection as well 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) Considering how empty the shelves were in Sainsbury at Cameron Toll at 5pm tonight, I won't be worrying about having much rubbish to put in the bins for the next 2 weeks. Edited August 18, 2022 by DETTY29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 hours ago, jonesy said: How do you fit them in the wheelie bins...? Have you never visited Cairnpapple to see how neolithic man buried their dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Half my street had all their bins out last night optimistically. Funnily enough as I work from home I've not heard the sound of any bin lorries this morning... 🤔 What will happen if you leave your bin on the street is if its not full then someone will fill it and you will have to take it back in full with no space for your future rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, frankblack said: Half my street had all their bins out last night optimistically. Funnily enough as I work from home I've not heard the sound of any bin lorries this morning... 🤔 What will happen if you leave your bin on the street is if its not full then someone will fill it and you will have to take it back in full with no space for your future rubbish. What is the name of your street Franck ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Dazo said: What is the name of your street Franck ? What difference does it make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 36 minutes ago, frankblack said: What difference does it make? Guess that one went over the head. I was going to fill your neighbours bins with my rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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