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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Stephanie Wareham

EXPLAINED: Council refuse workers begin indefinite strike amid row over jobs and pay - The Real Truth

Police and workers on the picket line at Birmingham City Council’s Atlas Depot in Tyseley, Birmingham, as a bin lorry attempts to leave the site. (Matthew Cooper/PA) -

Nearly 400 council bin workers in Birmingham have walked out indefinitely as part of an escalating dispute over jobs and pay.

The Unite union has warned bin disruption in the city could stretch into the summer after refuse workers voted in favour of extending their strike mandate over the council’s use of temporary labour to “undermine” their industrial action.

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