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DUSTMEN who refused to cross picket lines in Glasgow last week are arguing that they should still be paid.
Around 1,000 male staff, also including parking wardens and street cleaners, were sent home during Glasgow’s equal pay strikes last week after taking a stand in solidarity.
The city council threatened trade union GMB with legal action last week, but it has now said it will not take disciplinary action against workers.
Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites
Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters
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Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham
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As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE