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🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Unite to cut affiliation with Labour by more than £500k amid bin strike anger

Unite union will reduce its financial support for the Labour Party by £580,000 due to dissatisfaction with Labour's response to the Birmingham bin workers' strike.

Mar 11 • 20:02 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
National & Local

Birmingham bin workers’ strike: why did it start and when will it end?

The strike by Birmingham's bin workers, ongoing for over a year, began over proposed pay cuts and role changes, leading to a significant disruption in waste collection services in the city.

Mar 11 • 19:14 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Bin men ‘refuse to take woman’s rubbish’ and she’s horrified when checking shed

A woman in Northampton is upset after refuse workers repeatedly refuse to collect her waste, leading to a distressing discovery in her shed.

Mar 11 • 10:24 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

'I've been on bin strike for a year - city has turned into cesspit, I'm ashamed'

Birmingham's bin workers have been striking for a year, leading to severe waste buildup and health concerns in the city.

Mar 9 • 17:52 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Ex-binman shares 1 issue that will stop your bin from being collected

A former refuse collector reveals a common mistake that leads to bins being left unemptied on collection day.

Mar 4 • 13:15 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Birmingham Council granted injunction banning protests after year-long bin strike

Birmingham City Council has received a High Court injunction barring protests outside waste depots amid a protracted strike by refuse workers.

Feb 20 • 22:58 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
Crime & Justice

Chania: Sanitation workers poisoned after chemicals were thrown in a bin, complaint filed by the Municipality

Two sanitation workers in Chania were poisoned after exposure to chemicals disposed of in a bin, prompting the municipal committee to approve filing a complaint.

Feb 2 • 11:20 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Waste firm apologises after bin men filmed clearing homeless woman's possessions

A waste company, Veolia, has issued an apology after its workers were filmed removing personal belongings of a homeless woman from the streets.

Jan 7 • 12:27 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Birmingham refuse workers' defiant message on first anniversary of bin strike

Birmingham refuse workers assert their determination to continue the bin strike into its second year despite significant waste accumulation in the city.

Jan 7 • 06:15 UTC

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