My life at work: How dare they call us “unskilled”?
Catherine Miller works in refuse collection for a major local authority in southern England. Tell us a little bit about the work you do. I work for a local council. My department is responsible for the refuse and recycling collections, and the street cleaning for the City. I work in the office as an administrator; I pay invoices, do the filing, provide admin support to the Project Officers... Do you and your workmates get the pay and conditions you deserve? Definitely not. I am on the same salary as the operational staff, as both their and my job is deemed “unskilled”, which I find quite...