Lockout waste firm say service ‘improved’

Waste company Greyhound has claimed household collection services in Dublin have improved "significantly" since it started using agency staff in mid-June.

Approximately 70 workers, members of Siptu, were effectively locked out on June 17 after refusing to accept pay cuts of up to 35% sought by management under a Labour Court cost savings plan.

Since then, the staff and their union have been highly critical of the use of, what they describe as, “strikebreakers” to maintain services to the public.