Talks to resolve the Birmingham bin strikes are to involve the conciliation service Acas for the first time because a deal could be “in touching distance”, the Unite union has announced.

Talks between the Unite union and Birmingham City Council to end the bin strikes have adjourned without agreement, according to the union. Members of the union walked out on 11 March in a dispute ...

Birmingham workers of the Unite Union have been ordered to "end their strike immediately" after rejecting the city council's deal.Striking refuse workers have "overwhelmingly rejected" a partial ...

The Unite union has agreed to attend mediation talks with conciliation service Acas next week to try to settle the ongoing bin strike in Birmingham. A deal could now be "in touching distance", the ...

Bins union Unite has today called on the Government to 'bring the strike to an end' that's blighting Birmingham. Union chiefs spoke out after its 400 bins members at the city council voted ...

Bins union Unite has today called on the Government to 'bring the strike to an end' that's blighting Birmingham. Union chiefs spoke out after its 400 bins members at the city council voted ...

These included the headquarters of Unite the Union in Holborn, central London, where officers from South Wales Police spilled out of two unmarked cars. They left hours later with a computer and ...

Unite the Union's bins are spotless and seemingly empty despite the ongoing industrial action brought by their union and members during Birmingham's bin strikes. The green commercial waste bins ...

Unite members at the Lumley Street depot have been on strike since August, seeking official recognition of their union by Veolia, who run the council’s waste management contract. The company ...

Unite's boss hit back at Angela Rayner after she pleaded with the union to end the Birmingham bin strikes. Members of the Unite union launched the walk out last month in a bitter dispute over pay ...

French firm Veolia has managed waste collection services in Sheffield since 2001, yet recently came under pressure from the union Unite to be awarded official union recognition. Unite members have ...