Huge protests have erupted in Birmingham as the bin strike continues after the union, Unite, rejected an offer from the council. 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. On Monday, the Unite union rejected an offer from the council. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham was asked how likely the bin strikes could spread to other parts of the country.
“Well, if other councils decide to make low-paid workers pay for bad decisions that they did not make, workers paying the price yet again, then absolutely, of course, we all have to take action in those other areas,” she told LBC. The union’s national lead officer Onay Kasab agreed there was potential for industrial action in further areas.
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