Greater Dandenong Council workers have ended their strike, accepting a revised pay offer from the council.
The workers had been on strike since mid-September, calling for 4 per cent pay rises and free parking at the under-construction civic centre in central Dandenong.
Australian Services Union assistant secretary Richard Duffy said the council “finally came back to the negotiating table with an offer considered reasonable enough by ASU members”.
During the increasingly bitter dispute, ASU members placed work bans on emptying street bins until last Friday week. As a result, garbage had piled up in main streets in Springvale and Dandenong.
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