UNITE official Margaret Woods with Cllrs Lawrence O’Neill, Danny Lennie and Gail Casey, Greenlight lorry, SNP MP Martin Docherty Hughes and council colleagues on a recycling campaign.
By Bill Heaney
West Dunbartonshire Council has come under fire for its failure to keep their waste management services in-house.
And to put them out to tender in partnership with two other councils – Inverclyde and Argyll and Bute.
Danielle Donnachie thanked The Democrat for bringing this matter into the public domain – “Bill Heaney keep up the good work, we need more people like you to keep us all in the know.”
She added: “[This is] an absolute disgrace again. Not letting those who need to know first again.”
Unite trade union official Margaret Wood said: “Honestly, how can any private company compete with a Council in price to provide a service.
“Any private company is driven by profit to satisfy the shareholders.
“I personally am totally fed up with people earning in excess of £100k flinging contracts out [to outside companies] without looking at doing these things in house.
“It is laziness to say the least. At worst they are pushing a Tory agenda to privatise everything and to rip every penny from the tax payers’ pockets.”
GMB trade union convener, David Scott, said: “As Margaret Wood has mentioned Roads, Waste & Greenspace were on list for Shared Service.
“A manager has been appointed to this £120,000 post but as yet has not been introduced to the trade unions.”
West Dunbartonshire Council have banned and boycotted The Democrat and refuse to comment.