One of the key talking points in South Tyneside over the previous couple of months has been bin strikes.
Long-running strikes by refuse workers in South Tyneside have been centred around bullying and mismanagement allegations and we took to the streets of South Shields to see what people had to say on the strikes.
Long-running strikes by refuse workers in South Tyneside have been centred around bullying and mismanagement allegations and we took to the streets of South Shields to see what people had to say on the strikes.
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00:00 Hi, this is Jason from the Shultz Gazette. We went and asked South Tyneside residents
00:04 how the recent bin strikes have impacted them, and this is what some of them said.
00:07 It's hard, you know, because rubbish just builds up and the town just gets full of litter
00:14 everywhere. But I don't blame them. I think it's, they've got to go and do what they
00:21 need to do to get what they need, you know. I mean, they work very hard for Tyneside.
00:27 And, you know, they need to do their feet.
00:34 It's been affecting us for the last few weeks, all the bin strikes. And I agree with the
00:40 bin men. I agree with them.
00:43 And why is that?
00:45 Because, for them, the whole streets will be littered with rubbish all the time. So I agree with all the bin men.
00:51 Well, basically, I've seen a rat in my garden because all the rubbish around.
00:58 But somebody, they've got to be able to, basically, if they're not on enough money, they've got to be able to strike, haven't they?
01:10 That's what they want. They want more money to be able to live.
01:14 It's unfair on the whole population, really. It was a tough time, but we got through it.
01:22 They're back doing their jobs now, so they've obviously won the fight, haven't they, to get more money.
01:31 So that's pretty much it, really, isn't it?