Apr 7, 2015
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The major wage cut would leave them €1385 worse off per year.
Frontline workers employed by the Barking and Dagenham municipality are on strike against a major wage cut, which would leave them €1385 worse off per year. The cut follows years without pay rises, meaning that the workers have already suffered a loss of purchasing power. The strike action received widespread support from inhabitants. Bin lorry drivers taking strike action from 18 until 20 March and 7 and 8 April, however, may yet find their protests disturbed after learning that the city council has hired security guards and dogs to oversee the sites where actions are planned.
English: http://www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/b-and-d-strikers-shocked
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