BIN staff have rejected as “totally inadequate”; a deal to end a strike over pay, their union says.
Hundreds of refuse collectors in gave the thumbs-down to the city council’s offer.
It means the month-long walkout, which has left and an , continues.
The outcome is an embarassment for Deputy PM , who had called on the Unite union to back the “significantly improved offer”;.
But Unite members voted by 97 per cent to reject it on a turnout of 60 per cent.
The union called it “totally inadequate”;.
Leader Sharon Graham said the dispute had moved on from equal pay to improving waste service and cost-cutting.
Shadow Cabinet Minister said: “Yet again, Labour proves utterly incapable of standing up against their union paymasters.”;
A council spokesperson said: “It is incredibly disappointing.”;
