Bin collection delayed until weekend

rommeldog56 said :

Megan Fitzharris said on 2CC this morning that drivers would be paid penalty rates to collect on Saturdays, whether that was due to their union’s industrial action or not.

A cost which is met by ratepayers.

What sort of ning nong in the ACT Labor/Greens Gov’t would have signed a contract that provides for penalty rates to be paid to drivers for Saturday collections where those same drivers are on strike during normal business hours during the week?

Of course, the unions obviously support and campaign for ACT Labor/Greens – so that’s the answer!!!

I am happy for them to get paid penalty rates – they could have objected and left the collection for the next round. I count myself privileged and lucky that I have a good enough job where striking does not seem like the best option.

Megan Fitzharris said on 2CC this morning that drivers would be paid penalty rates to collect on Saturdays, whether that was due to their union’s industrial action or not.

A cost which is met by ratepayers.

What sort of ning nong in the ACT Labor/Greens Gov’t would have signed a contract that provides for penalty rates to be paid to drivers for Saturday collections where those same drivers are on strike during normal business hours during the week?

Of course, the unions obviously support and campaign for ACT Labor/Greens – so that’s the answer!!!

carnardly said :

rommeldog56 said :

I note that the Tuggeranong suburbs are the only ones missing out on the weekend “catch-up” collections.
Most of us down here had to wait 4 weeks for the recycling bin service and 2 weeks for the other stuff bin.
No wonder I haven’t sighted a Labor candidate anywhere in the valley lately.
The coverage of this important (by an unnamed reporter) in today’s “Always Independent” Canberra Times is well hidden and abysmal.
I wonder why?

Correct me if I am wrong but wasn’t the week where Tuggeranong effected also a week where there were two days of disruptions? In which case how do you expect them to catch up?

But yeah poor old tuggers again being shafted by labor.

As usual, you are correct again.

Mordd / Chris Richards said :

wildturkeycanoe said :

Raging Tempest said :

dungfungus said :

pink little birdie said :

dungfungus said :

Someone got a long weekend

Others got heaps of overtime as some garbos were collecting on Saturday.
Government response on this on-going extortion racket is pathetic.

There was a government response?

Exactly!

It is a government issue at the end of the day. They are the ‘victims’ as much as the residents.

If the government did something then you lot would be whinging that the government has given unto Unions, unions bad, labor bad, ACT government bad. What exactly do you want them to do?

Forgive me, I thought doing someone could be other than just giving in to demand.

ACT government is the client in a contract to collect waste and process it. As far as I can see one party to the contract is failing to meet their obligation.
As such depending on the contract the Government should have the power to enforce financial penalties and/or raise the possible termination of the contract.

The current contract is 10 years duration I believe. It would be a shame to have an ongoing dispute for the next decade.

Who is to say the governement isn’t withholding payment or seeking other remedies for non compliance under the terms of the contract? It’s not like operational matters like that are reported.

So that means ratepayers will get a trickle down rebate?
In your dreams.

rommeldog56 said :

I note that the Tuggeranong suburbs are the only ones missing out on the weekend “catch-up” collections.
Most of us down here had to wait 4 weeks for the recycling bin service and 2 weeks for the other stuff bin.
No wonder I haven’t sighted a Labor candidate anywhere in the valley lately.
The coverage of this important (by an unnamed reporter) in today’s “Always Independent” Canberra Times is well hidden and abysmal.
I wonder why?

Correct me if I am wrong but wasn’t the week where Tuggeranong effected also a week where there were two days of disruptions? In which case how do you expect them to catch up?

But yeah poor old tuggers again being shafted by labor.

wildturkeycanoe said :

Raging Tempest said :

dungfungus said :

pink little birdie said :

dungfungus said :

Someone got a long weekend

Others got heaps of overtime as some garbos were collecting on Saturday.
Government response on this on-going extortion racket is pathetic.

There was a government response?

Exactly!

It is a government issue at the end of the day. They are the ‘victims’ as much as the residents.

If the government did something then you lot would be whinging that the government has given unto Unions, unions bad, labor bad, ACT government bad. What exactly do you want them to do?

Forgive me, I thought doing someone could be other than just giving in to demand.

ACT government is the client in a contract to collect waste and process it. As far as I can see one party to the contract is failing to meet their obligation.
As such depending on the contract the Government should have the power to enforce financial penalties and/or raise the possible termination of the contract.

The current contract is 10 years duration I believe. It would be a shame to have an ongoing dispute for the next decade.

Who is to say the governement isn’t withholding payment or seeking other remedies for non compliance under the terms of the contract? It’s not like operational matters like that are reported.

wildturkeycanoe said :

Raging Tempest said :

dungfungus said :

pink little birdie said :

dungfungus said :

Someone got a long weekend

Others got heaps of overtime as some garbos were collecting on Saturday.
Government response on this on-going extortion racket is pathetic.

There was a government response?

Exactly!

It is a government issue at the end of the day. They are the ‘victims’ as much as the residents.

If the government did something then you lot would be whinging that the government has given unto Unions, unions bad, labor bad, ACT government bad. What exactly do you want them to do?

Resign?

Wow stop the presses dungers reckons the governement should resign because a private company is having troubles negotiating with its employees. Gee. Who would have thought.

I note that the Tuggeranong suburbs are the only ones missing out on the weekend “catch-up” collections.
Most of us down here had to wait 4 weeks for the recycling bin service and 2 weeks for the other stuff bin.
No wonder I haven’t sighted a Labor candidate anywhere in the valley lately.
The coverage of this important (by an unnamed reporter) in today’s “Always Independent” Canberra Times is well hidden and abysmal.
I wonder why?

Raging Tempest said :

dungfungus said :

pink little birdie said :

dungfungus said :

Someone got a long weekend

Others got heaps of overtime as some garbos were collecting on Saturday.
Government response on this on-going extortion racket is pathetic.

There was a government response?

Exactly!

It is a government issue at the end of the day. They are the ‘victims’ as much as the residents.

If the government did something then you lot would be whinging that the government has given unto Unions, unions bad, labor bad, ACT government bad. What exactly do you want them to do?

Forgive me, I thought doing someone could be other than just giving in to demand.

ACT government is the client in a contract to collect waste and process it. As far as I can see one party to the contract is failing to meet their obligation.
As such depending on the contract the Government should have the power to enforce financial penalties and/or raise the possible termination of the contract.

The current contract is 10 years duration I believe. It would be a shame to have an ongoing dispute for the next decade.

Raging Tempest said :

dungfungus said :

pink little birdie said :

dungfungus said :

Someone got a long weekend

Others got heaps of overtime as some garbos were collecting on Saturday.
Government response on this on-going extortion racket is pathetic.

There was a government response?

Exactly!

It is a government issue at the end of the day. They are the ‘victims’ as much as the residents.

If the government did something then you lot would be whinging that the government has given unto Unions, unions bad, labor bad, ACT government bad. What exactly do you want them to do?

Resign?