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Head of Leeds' Council has doorstep 'trashed' in solidarity with bin strikers

Mary Read | 16.09.2009 14:37

Supporters of the Leeds refuse collection strike, dumped several bags of rubbish on the doorstep of council leader Richard Brett this morning




Supporters of the Leeds refuse collection strike, dumped several bags of rubbish on the doorstep of council leader Richard Brett this morning

Sick of rubbish piling up in our backyards and unwilling to put bins out for scab labour employed by Leeds City Council to break the strike, we have taken our rubbish to the source of the problem – the leader of the council, Councillor Brett at his home on Scott Hall Road.

A group of Leeds residents gathered together this morning with some of the bags of rubbish that had been building up in their yards and gardens and the streets outside their homes, and then disposed of them directly on Councillor Brett’s doorstep.

Mary Read, one of those taking action, said; “Refuse collectors are being told to lose £3 an hour off an already low wage. £3 an hour won’t seem much to Councillor Brett who took £48,000 just in expenses last year, but it is to those struggling to live already during these times of crisis. We refuse to accept this, it’s rubbish!”

Refuse collectors in Leeds have been on strike since the 7th of September after being told they face a cut of a third of their wages.

Mary Read

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16.09.2009 17:53



Here are those photos again for people with normal sized faces.

Bloody Rubbish


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  1. Nice one... — Oh Somewhat Bin Laden.
  2. Ha Ha — Steve la fevre
  3. Just how much is "an already low wage" — interested
  4. 6 arrests — boris
  5. Arrests — Bin Laden
  6. rubbish arrests — @
  7. Refuse collectors earn £11,000 and £17,000 on average — anon