As an employee of Sita, I would like to thank Councillor Paul Elgood for his statement (The Argus, August 9). Because what we have all been trying to tell Brighton and Hove City Council for 18 months, now he has seemed to have taken in first time.

Every statement Mr Elgood made hit the nail on the head. Remarks such as treating the workforce better and supplying more reliable tools and lorries to do the job are spot on. All I have left to say is: Labour council, take your earplugs out and listen to what's going on around you or stand aside and let people who do listen run this city.

-Sita shop steward, Brighton