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A decision by a union representing local council workers to ally itself with notoriously militant construction union the CFMEU is causing fear among ratepayers about strikes, wages and rates.
India: BSNL telecom workers oppose privatisation; MRF tyre factory contract workers strike in Kerala; Australia: Svitzer tugboat workers strike at ten ports; Melbourne garbage workers strike over low wages
Industrial action will see rubbish bins go uncollected on Spring, Flinders, Victoria and Spencer streets
About 100 workers in Melbourne belonging to The Municipal and Utilities Workers Union are refusing to collect rubbish from 5am Thursday.
Australian Services Union and the Municipal and Utilities Workers Union members working for Moreland City Council have taken strike action after management offered a pay cut. Darren Saffin reports.