A group of ID Verde workers and UNISON officials poses outside Colchester City Council

Colchester grounds maintenance staff face jobs cuts

Colchester’s award-winning grounds maintenance staff have been told their jobs are up for the chop as contractor idverde looks to make cuts, UNISON reveals today. The firm told staff this week that it has to cut six posts after Colchester City Council slashed its budget for grass cutting, flower bed and grass verge maintenance. UNISON […]

A group of ID Verde workers and UNISON officials poses outside Colchester City Council

Outsourced staff take fair pay fight to Colchester Council

Outsourced local government workers took their fight for fair pay to Colchester Council this week. Grounds maintenance staff working for contractor ID Verde lobbied a cabinet meeting in the city on Wednesday evening as they battle for a pay rise in line with their directly employed colleagues. UNISON Eastern regional organiser Sam Older told councillors […]