Talks bid to avert waste collection strikes at BNM Recycling

Strike is due to begin on Thursday 

Siptu representatives will meet with the management of Bord na Móna Recycling in Portlaoise on Wednesday afternoon in a bid to avert strike action due to take place on Thursday. 

Siptu representatives will meet with the management of Bord na Móna Recycling in Portlaoise on Wednesday afternoon in a bid to avert strike action due to take place on Thursday. 

The strike comes as BNM Recycling, Ireland's last publicly owned domestic waste collection service, is to be sold to Munster waste management company KWD. Siptu representatives rejected a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposal aimed at solving the dispute as the union sought a Registered Employment Agreement which would protect members' terms and conditions.