Bin collectors here start the shift at 3AM, and have a run that they do. If they hustle, and do not have to go off half way to empty the truck ( got too full and plate compactor will not compact it any more, and the bags at the back will not stay on any more) they finish shift at 9AM and are off till the next morning. Council employees, with benefits and such that the general worker can only dream of, and increases pretty much every year, paid for out of rates. That house of cards will eventually come tumbling down though.
Does mean that bin stuck in back will go into the compactor, and so what if the truck is on fire, we will put it out with garbage....