A union chief is urging a local authority to reconsider its stance over kerbside recycling, in a bid to save jobs.

Up to three posts could go at Onchan Commissioners from April, after the local authority lost a contract to provide refuse services for homes in Braddan to Douglas Borough Council.

Two years ago the district board shed a number of office staff and outside worker posts.

Head of Unite Steve Salter believes more redundancies can be avoided if the board reverses its decision to stop kerbside recycling.

In September, Onchan Commissioners withdrew from a recycling scheme, arguing the benefit to the environment didn't justify the cost to ratepayers: