05 Nov 2021 --- UK trade union GMB is enforcing a waste collection strike in Glasgow, UK, as the UN COP26 climate conference takes place in the city. Trash mounting in the streets is raising stark questions about the connection between economic equality and environmental pollution. The strike is the result of a long-running dispute between GMB, which represents most of Glasgow’s waste collectors, and the local council, over workers’ wages, cleansing budgets and service reforms.
