Council cuts waste collection staff levels

CORK County Council has been accused of “whittling down” its waste collection staff levels in order to make outsourcing the service to a private firm seem like a viable alternative.

Making the claims to the Irish Examiner, Labour Cork East TD Seán Sherlock said that, in ongoing discussions with union

SIPTU, Cork County Council has recommended that waste collection staff levels be reduced between Mitchelstown and Kanturk, in the county’s west Cork northern division refuse area.