Unite the Union has refused to call off strike action while it ballots members on a new pay deal
Residents of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council are set to face a further four weeks of industrial action.Significant disruption to bin collection, leisure facilities and the closure of Dundonald Ice Bowl to customers will now continue to at least the end of the month.A wage and cost of living offer was made by the council on Friday to the GMB, NIPSA and Unite the Union.
A LCCC spokesperson said: “The council had requested a suspension of industrial action until the ballot had concluded as has been the case in other councils. “Whilst council is respectful of an individual’s right to strike, we are now facing a continued period of significant disruption across essential services for at least a further four-week period.”
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