Overflowing bins in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham, amid an ongoing refuse workers’ strike in the city. Nearly 400 council bin workers in Birmingham began indefinite strike action as part of a row over jobs and pay, with the Unite union saying the city council could end the dispute “by agreeing to pay a decent rate of pay”. Picture date: Monday March 17, 2025. - (PA Wire)
Bin collection strikes in Birmingham are set to carry on after refuse workers rejected an offer from the council to halt the long-running dispute.
Rubbish has been piling up on the city’s streets and there have been warnings of a public health emergency as hundreds of workers have been on all-out strike for more than a month.
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