Dive summary:

• Two groups of workers with Veolia Environmental Services are looking to strike between Christmas and New Years in the London borough of Bromley and in Sheffield, England.
• Workers in Bromley want to strike after the dismissal of four operatives and over working hours in Sheffield.
• According to Veolia officials, only a quarter of employees support the strike but with the union that might be enough to disrupt services and put Veolia in a bind.

From the article:

But, during an appeal into the dismissals, it was found that while the men had not accepted a cash tip for moving the waste as alleged, they had collected a large amount of bulky waste without issuing a charge.

Bromley council has claimed that the men were found to have breached bulky waste collection rules, and they had failed to issue a charge to a householder after removing the waste from the property.

Following the unsuccessful appeal, the workers’ trade union Unite began a seven day ballot, which resulted in staff at Veolia’s depots across Bromley voting to start industrial action. The union is calling on Veolia and the council to ‘get back around the table or risk rubbish piling up on the streets’. ...