Glasgow Bin Collectors Go on Strike as UN Climate Summit COP26 Opens

Glasgow Bin Collectors Go on Strike as UN Climate Summit COP26 Opens
A file photo of rubbish in Glasgow, Scotland, where refuse collectors have gone on strike. Andrew Milligan/PA
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Bin collectors and street cleaners have gone on strike in the Scottish city of Glasgow, which is hosting the United Nations climate conference, also known as COP26.

The strike began at one minute past midnight on Monday, hours before more than 100 world leaders were set to arrive in Glasgow for a two-day world leaders’ summit, which forms part of the two-week-long U.N. climate conference.