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He made that comment on a recent visit to Glasgow, where he joined striking workers on a picket line.

A system known as 'derogation' is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line where patient safety is at risk.

Workers on the picket line complained that Republic has not maintained equipment since taking over the Thurston County dump around two years ago.

Delayed bin collections during the initial weeks of the strike were down partly to picket lines blocking trucks from leaving waste facilities.

But all train service had been interrupted by the strike, and skilled rail operators did not want to cross the picket lines.