STRIKING council refuse workers in Canterbury have warned bosses to stop using agency staff as scab labour after a judge had declared the practice unlawful less than 24 hours earlier.
General union GMB began action yesterday, the day after the High Court ruled that new government legislation allowing agencies to supply employers with labour to undermine strikes was illegal.
The Canterbury workers are employed by contractor Canenco on behalf of Labour-run Canterbury City Council in Kent.
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