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Striking refuse workers demonstrate over union recognition
Unite members demonstrate in Sheffield
STRIKING refuse workers demonstrated outside council offices in Sheffield in South Yorkshire today to demand recognition of their union, Unite.
The workers are employed by multinational corporation Veolia, which is contracted by Sheffield City Council.
Unite members at the council’s Lumley Street refuse depot want recognition of their union alongside general union GMB, which already has a recognition agreement.
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