Waste crisis looms as union to meet city officials

MUNICIPAL service staff in Waterford who walked off the job last week are to sit down with city authority officials within three weeks in a last-ditch effort to avoid a waste crisis.

The Labour Relations Commission has set aside April 22 as the starting point for talks between SIPTU officials and city council management.

More than 50 staff employed in municipal services by the authority walked off the job in an unofficial dispute when outside contractors were brought in to spray the city’s parks.