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Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 12h April, 2024: UK Weather: Sunshine and showers over the city. Credit Gerard Ferry\/Alamy Live NewsCredit: Alamy<\/p>\nGlasgow, Scotland, UK. 12h April, 2024: UK Weather: Sunshine and showers over the city. Credit Gerard Ferry\/Alamy Live NewsCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n
FURIOUS bin workers have reportedly been told more than \u00a3100 will be docked from their wages just weeks before Christmas.<\/p>\n
It comes after Glasgow<\/a> City Council bosses redeployed street cleaning staff to residential bin collection duties to cope with extra demand over Christmas. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n City street cleaners were ordered to take up a new role due to increasing demands over ChristmasCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n GMB Scotland\u2019s Chris Mitchell is battling to resolve the issueCredit: PA<\/p>\n Unhappy workers were ordered to sit through a training video to assist them with the new role they\u2019d been assigned to carry out over the festive period. <\/p>\n But several staff members stormed out of the health and safety briefing in protest, according to Glasgow Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s understood that city hall chiefs will slash employees\u2019 paypackets following the walkout incident.<\/p>\n The Scottish Sun understands the workers have already been paid their Christmas wages and any deductions would not impact this payslip.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t HIGH RISK<\/p>\n Scots rapist was ‘serial killer in making’ who could have been next Iain Packer<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FARES FAIR?<\/p>\n Glasgow Subway fares to rise AGAIN as exact date revealed for price hike<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n Union bosses said the course was \u201coutdated and inadequate\u201d in offering protection to their members \u2013 many of whom are in their 60s.<\/p>\n GMB cleansing convener Chris Mitchell is now battling to have the decision reversed.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIt is a disgrace, we simply will not accept this.<\/p>\n \u201cThese people did nothing wrong. They didn\u2019t ask to be moved to a different department and for many the role is just too physical and taxing. <\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cMany of these guys are coming towards the end of their careers and hauling bins all over the place is difficult manual work.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not their fault if the council doesn\u2019t have enough people to get the bins emptied over the busy festive period.<\/p>\n \u201cWe certainly aren\u2019t going to see them targeted for taking a stand against what the council are looking to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Mitchell added: \u201cTo pull a stunt like this and take money from people\u2019s pockets at Christmas as beyond bah humbug.\u201d<\/p>\n A Glasgow City Council<\/a> spokeswoman commented: \u201cThe Christmas and New Year period sees higher than normal levels of household and recycling<\/a> waste, as well as an estimated 250,000 bins uncollected due to the impact of public holidays.<\/p>\n \u201cTo prioritise cleansing services across the city during the lead up to and after the public holidays, the council requires additional trained staff from across the service to support household collections.<\/p>\n \u201cIn line with previous years, only fully trained and suitable staff undertake these collection duties.<\/p>\n Scots bin workers to have more than \u00a3100 docked from their wages before ChristmasCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n \u201cWe operate a robust training programme, and we are satisfied that the role being asked of staff is safe to carry out.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ac-17_12-rapist-arrested-v2-comp_2c31ca.jpg\"\/)
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