Allerdale Waste Services have issued the following statement in response to the press release issued by Unite on Tuesday 8 August:
An Allerdale Waste Services spokesperson said:
“We are incredibly disappointed to see that Unite are proposing to hold a demonstration the day after a scheduled meeting with ACAS, ourselves, and Cumberland Council officers.
“By doing this, it would appear that Unite are pre-empting the outcome of the reconciliation meeting, prolonging the strike and have no intentions of coming to any agreement to bring the industrial action to a close.
“The meetings between ACAS are confidential and all parties were instructed to not share any details of the previous meeting yet in Unite’s statement they have breached this agreement, albeit with information that is factually incorrect. We can however clarify that the meeting last week was an initial scoping meeting, facilitated by ACAS, to map out and agree how to proceed. It wasn’t a negotiation meeting and for Unite to suggest this is disingenuous.
“Despite the proposed demonstration, we still remain hopeful that the parties can reach a resolution and that our employees can get back to work as soon as possible.”