Residents in Thanet are facing one-day strikes which would leave them without waste and recycling collections on Friday, February 27, and Monday, March 2.

The action will see a small number of GMB union members, who work in Thanet council’s waste and recycling team, walk out in a dispute over salary grades and the council’s job evaluation process.

The council has called in the conciliation service ACAS to intervene to solve this dispute without the need for strike action.

Residents are advised not to put anything out for collection on strike days, as there is unlikely to be any collection of household waste or recycling on these days.

Cllr Shirley Tomlinson, Thanet council’s cabinet member for commercial and environmental services, said: "The council is committed to trying to resolve this dispute without the need for industrial action. We are exceptionally disappointed that the possibility of strike action is looming for our residents, as it will affect one of the council’s key frontline services."