council workers
Local government employees
Council workers are employees of a local government council, particularly in the UK and other Commonwealth countries.
The term covers a broad range of municipal jobs—from rubbish collectors and road maintenance crews to office staff and social workers.
The council workers went on strike over pension cuts.
The American equivalent would be city or county employees.
- municipalOf city government
- employeesPaid staff members
- bin menRefuse collection workers
- streetsPublic urban ways
- pavementsHard outdoor walking surfaces
street cleaning · local authority · local government · public sector · highways · parks · maintenance · hi-vis · high visibility vest · lorries · town hall · sweepers · gritters · roadworks · potholes · traffic cones · recycling · wheelie bins
- government workerscivil servants, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees, state employees
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, governor, mayors
council workersprivate contractors
Hired non-employees for tasks
contractors · corporate employees · agency staff · subcontractors · independent contractors
council workerscontractors
Hired service providers
agency staff · consultants · gig workers · subcontractors · independent contractors
council, councils, councillor, councillors, counsel, counselor, counselors, counsellor, counsellors