Rubbish situation: Sydney bins left uncollected for weeks as workers strike over pay

Fair Work Commission intervenes after union files lawsuit against waste contractor Cleanaway

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Jessica Jones went nearly three weeks without having her rubbish picked up by garbage collectors and the smell was getting unbearable.

They just stopped coming - we would put out our bins on a Sunday night and they wouldn't be picked up," she said. The smell was atrocious."

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