ANOTHER bin workers’ strike is being held in a second dispute over pay and conditions.

Members of Unite in Wrexham, north Wales, will walk out for 13 days from August 23 to November 14.

Unite members in Birmingham are involved in a long-running dispute which has led to an all-out strike for months.

The union said that Wrexham Council had changed the way workers were given overtime without consultation and that every worker stands to lose half a day’s pay every bank holiday as a result.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “No worker should ever be expected to accept forced-through changes to their working patterns or to lose out on hard-earned pay.

“Wrexham Council has behaved disgracefully and any industrial action is completely their fault.”

All seven chief officers at the council are paid more than £100,000 a year while the lowest paid workers on the street scene operation team earn £25,583. 

Unite regional officer Simon Ellis said: “Our hard-working members are not asking for extra pay, this dispute is all about protecting their agreed overtime renumeration and working hours.”

Wrexham Council’s interim chief executive Alwyn Jones said: “We are extremely disappointed to see Unite the trade union take this action, especially after the lengthy and prolonged consultation the organisation undertook as part of the annual budget-setting process in the 2024/25 financial year.

“It’s important to note that given the difficult financial position public services find themselves in, the public in Wrexham have and continue to be faced with ever-increasing council tax bills plugging gaps in finances across the council area and protecting public service delivery.”