they can go and throw shite at themselves

I work for Shanks Waste Solutions, what i would say to all the edinburgh council manual workers is this, I live in edinburgh and if you got an increas you would be forcing the council to increas mine and everybody elses council tax, which i for one am not going to support. although i am simpathetic to your cause some of your colleges have taken it apon themselfs to verbaly abuse shanks staff, call shanks staff scabbs, phone shanks and threaten people with there lives, throw bricks and shanks trucks and injurning the occupants inside. none of this helps your cause and quite frankly makes you all look stupid. which i am sure you are not. shanks union has not been involved in this dispute, GTWU. and our guys have not been balloted, or  voted on the issue, they are going out to do the job they have been told to do, unlike you they do not have a choice. take it from me all shanks drivers feel your pain but if the shoe was on the other foot you would not strike for us so why should we for you, so scabb to you all.

I support the right of the workers to strike, but surely the council does need to provide some means of refuse removal if they are unwilling to meet the demands of the union. Aside from aesthetic concerns about the city centre at the peak of its tourist inflow, the presence of vast amounts of domestic waste in the streets poses a direct danger to the welfare of Edinburgh residents, especially at a time when its population increases so dramatically (the Festival). Having worked for the council myself, I sympathise strongly with the workers as the pay scheme in place is both inconsistent and very poorly managed (and the way in which staff and duty manager allocation in council locations is managed is a complete shambles)

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I work for Shanks Waste Solutions, what i would say to all the edinburgh council manual workers is this, I live in edinburgh and if you got an increas you would be forcing the council to increas mine and everybody elses council tax, which i for one am not going to support. although i am simpathetic to your cause some of your colleges have taken it apon themselfs to verbaly abuse shanks staff, call shanks staff scabbs, phone shanks and threaten people with there lives, throw bricks and shanks trucks and injurning the occupants inside. none of this helps your cause and quite frankly makes you all look stupid. which i am sure you are not. shanks union has not been involved in this dispute, GTWU. and our guys have not been balloted, or  voted on the issue, they are going out to do the job they have been told to do, unlike you they do not have a choice. take it from me all shanks drivers feel your pain but if the shoe was on the other foot you would not strike for us so why should we for you, so scabb to you all.

You don't think that the rate that council bin workers get effects the wage rate that you'd get at Shanks? Scabbing on this dispute is extremely short-sighted. If the council can get away with cutting their workers' wages by £3000 do you really think that your bosses at Shanks wouldn't try the same later on?

I'd like more details of these alleged incidents of council bin workers throwing bricks and injuring Shanks workers, please.

This is not a platform to spread unfounded rumours and disinformation, thanks.

all council workers have acted stupid during all off this dispute. you say shanks are scabs, when they are just doing a job. if they didn;t someone else would. do you honestly think the whole of edinburgh would let there waste lie all over the place? don't be stupid! every customer would have left in an instant to get there waste collected. and then where would you all be? out the job, 3 grand would be the least of your worries. then you would go looking for a job at one off these so called scab companies!!! so shut up and grow up...

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all council workers have acted stupid during all off this dispute. you say shanks are scabs, when they are just doing a job. if they didn;t someone else would.

Well, then they would be scabs too! You should show solidarity to your fellow refuse workers, and not scab during this industrial dispute. Then they might be in a position to support you in a similare one. If we get a culture of supporting one another, then the bosses cant shit on us - like what they are doing to the refuse workers in this instance.  

Shank workers who are picking up CEC waste are scabs doing scab work,at least CEC binmen/woman can look at themselves in the mirror.Hears a massage to all you Shanks scab scum you lot should be ASHAMED! 

I always tipped my binmen at xmas and  my neighbours also. I will now no longer give my bin men any money at xmas as i feel we the public always suffer due to stike action and working to rule. They have had it easy for to long, if they worked for a private company they would have to work a full day, no job and finish, no sick pay and 4 weeks holidays. I work hard for my wages also in wet, cold weather.  I also work fast but not as fast as binmen, they are paid till 4 but are home for 2 now thats fast........................  

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I always tipped my binmen at xmas and  my neighbours also. I will now no longer give my bin men any money at xmas as i feel we the public always suffer due to stike action and working to rule. They have had it easy for to long, if they worked for a private company they would have to work a full day, no job and finish, no sick pay and 4 weeks holidays. I work hard for my wages also in wet, cold weather.  I also work fast but not as fast as binmen, they are paid till 4 but are home for 2 now thats fast........................  

And thats why half of the bloody bins are not effinn emptied all because they want finished early.