Birmingham bin strikes: Council comes up with new plan to tackle rubbish
Birmingham City Council has come up with a new plan to deal with the strikes, which have left much of the area without bin collections.
The authority is aiming to collect waste from wards every three weeks as the ongoing row between the dustmen and council continues.
Here is a list of wards which the council will focus on this week:
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Last Friday, Jacqui Kennedy, Birmingham City Council's Corporate Director of Place, told us that the council intended to have all the streets cleared by the end of the week. She said:
We are waiting to hear from the council as to whether they managed to achieve this.
The dispute between refuse workers and Birmingham City Council has been caused by the downgrading of 113 jobs from grade three to grade two, resulting in a salary loss of around £4,000 per worker (on those grades).
Whilst the council insist other grade three jobs are available for those affected by the cuts, the union representing the refuse workers claim many of those roles are unsuitable for bin men.
Refuse workers will now be striking every day for an hour at 07.00, 10.30 and 13.30. The industrial action is scheduled to continue until 21 September.