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Birmingham bin Strike has expanded “endlessly” since now

Birmingham bin Strike has expanded “endlessly” since now

More bad news for residents because men bin vote to extend the strikes endlessly, starting tomorrow

Binmen striking outside the Birmingham Municipal Council House
Binmen striking outside the Birmingham Municipal Council House

Binworkers in Birmingham voted to go to the “indefinite strike”, while presenting the pressure on the council heads on the job loss plans that affect 170 workers.

The full strike starts tomorrow (Tuesday), with collections in the city expected to be seriously affected.

A new voting bulletin by the united labor has now been counted and confirmed that they want to participate in strike actions, despite the council’s efforts to stop the issues and with the public opinion divided.

READ MORE: In the full story of the Bin strike in Birmingham, while the city is facing “Haos months”

About 350 employees are involved during the course.

In the game, the 3 -degree (WRCO) waste officers, whose job as part of the waste collection crews was “deleted” by the council as part of a transformation of the service that fails is at stake.

The Union says it is critical for safety, and those affected by salary reductions from a maximum value of 8,000 pounds. They also say that they eliminate the ordinary workers in BIN, the best route of promotion, leaving them on a payment rate that is only over the minimum wage. Usually, a charger earns between 24,027 and 25,992 pounds – only a little more than the minimum wage of 23,795 pounds, says united.

However, the Council says that the role must go as part of a restructure that will see crews reduced to three, in accordance with the industry standard. The role was also strongly involved in debts with equal salaries involving a settlement of several millions of kilograms currently negotiated.

The garbage bags are already accumulating in Birmingham during the landmark strike - this was Percy Road, Sparkhill last week. (March 2025)
The garbage bags are already accumulating in Birmingham during the landmark strike – this was Percy Road, Sparkhill last week. (March 2025)

As this Explicer article sets, The dispute is more stratified, with claims regarding the use of the Agency Workers Council, including payments to private agents, also controversial.

It seems to have changed its attention to the general payment and the working force conditions of its baskets. The Unit National Officer, Ony Kasab, said today: “The Council could conclude this dispute tomorrow, agreeing to pay a decent payment rate.

“The Council forces the dedicated workers at the payroll levels only above the minimum wage, while carrying out a difficult and extremely demanding job at all times. The Council easily allows this, if it has stopped wasting millions of expensive taxes.

“The interruption at BirminghamThe waste service will deteriorate even more, but this is the fault of a heartless council, which has reduced the payment without thinking about the affection on the workers and their families. “

They also say that the workers have already lost their right to night allowances that were previously paid to the men who made early beginnings.

Earlier, the leader of the Council, John Cotton, told Birminghamlive that he hopes to see a quick end of industrial action. “There is a good offer on the table and I certainly encourage united to return to the table and talk about it.

“In the budget speech last week, I wanted to point out that the transformation of this service is not negotiable. I know that (the waste service) has not been good enough for too many people in the city for too long, and that has to change.”

In a direct letter to BIN workers, seen by Birminghamlive, the director of the council that supervises the waste services, Craig Cooper, begged to take into account their options when deciding whether to give additional blows, while warning the consequences, especially for long services and pensions.

He says that the climbing “will cause a greater disturbance to the residents, will damage the reputation of the council and the impact on the contributions to the pension and the registration rights and the vacation of those participating in strike actions.”

He confirmed that the Council is based in part on the workers of the agency during the strikes, but only at the same level with pre-Greek, and denies the claims of illegal practices.