Refuse workers employed by AWS have been on all-out strike since May 16 in a dispute over pay. (Image: NQ staff)"We shouldn’t have to work that many more weeks to get a comparable wage. "We have had a lot of support on Facebook, it is really massive to the lads that we are getting this support from the public. "They (management) gave themselves a 6 per cent pay rise - that money could have been better spent on the staff, to show us some value." Today (Thursday), Unite the Union have organised a protest outside of Cumberland Council offices at the former Allerdale House from 9am.

Source: The Times August 10, 2023 14:47 UTC