Workers at Bord na Móna Recycling to strike in protest at sale to KWD

Union representatives will meet with BNM Recycling management on Thursday March 20 in a bid to avert strike action

Workers at Ireland's last publicly owned domestic waste collection service, Bord na Móna (BNM) Recycling, will hold a two-day strike ain 12 counties next month as they oppose plans to privatise the company. 

Workers at Ireland's last publicly owned domestic waste collection service, Bord na Móna (BNM) Recycling, will hold a two-day strike in 12 counties next month as they oppose plans to privatise the company. 

The strike will take place on April 2 and April 3 in protest at a plan to sell off BNM Recycling to KWD. Bord na Móna Recycling is the country’s last publicly owned domestic waste collection service. Siptu union members have raised fears over their future conditions in any potential sale and a ballot for strike action was carried overwhelmingly by 95% to 5%. BNM Recycling services in Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Offaly, Meath, Tipperary, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow will be affected by the strike.