Strike action by ASU affecting bin collections and services on Wednesday 17 June
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Industrial action may affect bin collections on Wednesday 17 June as the Australian Services Union holds a 24-hour strike. A small number of other Council services may also be affected.
The ASU’s strike will extend from early on Wednesday morning to late Wednesday night.
It’s regrettable that the Australian Services Union’s industrial action has affected our communities and customers, and we apologise for any disruption.
We will continue to negotiate in good faith with all unions representing our staff.
Please read on for details of which services will be affected on Wednesday 17 June. These services will return to normal from Thursday 18 June.
Bin collections (kerbside and public litter)
Some kerbside bins to the north of Bell Street will not be emptied on Wednesday. If your rubbish (red-lid) bin or recycling (yellow-lid) bin was not collected on Wednesday, please leave it out and we will collect it as soon as we can.
Please bring back in your FOGO (light-green lid) bin and glass (purple-lid) bin, and they will be collected on their next scheduled collections.
Kerbside bins to the south of Bell Street will not be affected.
Some public litter bins may also not be emptied. We apologise for this inconvenience, please don’t overfill bins, instead take your litter home with you and the bins will be emptied on Thursday.
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Libraries
At this stage all of our libraries will be closed. This also means that no library programs will run on Wednesday.
If we are able to open any of our libraries on the day, for any period of time, we will update our website.
Returns chutes will be open at all libraries, and online library services will be available.
Glenroy Community Hub
The Glenroy library at the Glenroy Hub will be closed, as well as the customer service desk.
All other services in this building will operate as usual, including the maternal and child health service, the Glenroy Hub Children’s Centre, Glenroy Memorial Kindergarten, Glenroy Neighbourhood House. Booked functions continue as normal.
Customer Service Centres
The Coburg and Brunswick customer service centres will be open.
The customer service desk at the Glenroy Community Hub will be closed.
You can also use our eServices website for a range of transactions, including pet registrations, fines, bookings, requests and enquiries and more.
Home support
Essential services will be operating as normal, with some services such as cleaning rescheduled. All clients have been directly notified of any changes affecting them.