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The Government has stepped in and attempted to prompt an end to the deadlock and had urged the Unite union to accept the deal. A rat runs towards rubbish bags in Poplar Road in Birmingham (Jacob ...

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, with the Unite ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner urged members of the Unite union to accept an “improved” deal while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the strike had “escalated way out of ...

Members of the Unite union launched an all-out strike last month in a bitter dispute over pay and jobs, which has led to concerns over public health with rubbish piling up on Birmingham’s streets.

Ryan Heart threatened the Unite union, which represents the refuse workers, with a high court injunction in a bid to prevent them from blocking wagons at sites such as Tyseley's Atlas depot.