JUST 41 bin workers are said to be behind the strike holding Britain’s second biggest city to ransom in a pay dispute. The group rejected a deal to end the six-week walkout in Birmingham, council officials admitted yesterday. Advertisement 5 Just 41 bin workers are said to be behind the strike holding Birmingham to ransom Credit: PA 5 Unite chief Sharon Graham said strikes could spread And union leaders warned the crippling strike could spread to Sheffield and Peterborough.
Rubbish has piled up in the streets, attracting an influx of rats. But the city council expects to have collected 22,000 tons of rotting waste by the weekend. Operations chief Craig Cooper said around 130 of 170 waste recycling collection officers have accepted redundancy or to re-train as drivers.
Advertisement READ MORE ON BIN STRIKES GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY Volunteers step in to clear huge piles of rubbish in Birmingham after bin strikes left rotting waste mountains in streets He added: “There are about 40 that haven’t, and I urge those 40 to look again. "I urge Unite to come to the table as swiftly as possible and for us to resolve this.” Shadow Cabinet minister Kevin Hollinrake said: “Forty-one workers holding Britain’s second largest city to ransom shows how ideological and one-sided the unions are.
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