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REFUSE workers announced a six-week round of strikes today in their continuing dispute with Cardiff and Wrexham councils.
Unite Wales said strike action at both councils will continue and claimed the action has led to a huge disruption to council services, such as refuse collections and recycling.
The union said it has called further strike action after the failure of the two councils to engage in negotiations with Unite to tackle pay rates after the local authority pay offer of £1,925 was rejected.
Unite Wales regional secretary Peter Hughes said: “Huw Thomas and Mark Pritchard are leaders of two of Wales’s largest councils.
“What are they doing to resolve this dispute and tackle endemic poverty pay within their workforces? The answer is nothing.”
Cardiff Council declined to comment, saying this was a national dispute about a UK-wide negotiated pay award.
Wrexham Council has asked Unite to call off the strike.
