https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60871693?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGAManchester could face bin collection strikes in a dispute over an "insulting" 1.75% pay rise offer.
More than 200 workers are employed by waste company Biffa, outsourced by Manchester City Council.
The Unite union said the firm needed to "think again" after proposing to pay loaders and operators £10.14 per hour and £13.00 per hour for bin drivers, only marginally above the minimum wage.
Biffa said it wanted to "reach a solution as quickly as possible".
A spokesman for the waste company said it would continue discussions with trade unions, as members prepared to vote on whether to take industrial action over the coming weeks.
Biffa took over waste and recycling collections for the city under an eight-year contract in 2015.
