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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

Birmingham bin workers’ strike: why did it start and when will it end?

Woman walks past a pile of bin bags against a wall
Fly-tipped waste on a street in Saltley last year. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

It has been more than a year since Birmingham’s bin workers began their all-out strike that has left residents without a fully functioning waste collection service – and there is still no end in sight.

The strikes have attracted global media attention as pictures emerged of towering waste and overflowing bins on the streets of the UK’s second largest city.

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