Bin strike hits 300,000

MORE than 300,000 Dublin city householders did not have their rubbish collected yesterday morning because of a half-day strike by bin collectors.

The Dublin City Council's cleansing department staff went on strike in support of workers at Oxigen Environmental the company which is under contract to the council to collect the capital's green bins.

Oxigen workers want the company to negotiate with SIPTU, the union which represents the Dublin City Council bin collectors, over pay and work conditions. Oxigen is refusing to negotiate with SIPTU, but it insisted yesterday it will not stop its workers joining the union.