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Birmingham bin workers reject council’s ‘totally inadequate’ offer
Members of Unite on the picket line in Tyseley, Birmingham, amid an ongoing refuse workers' strike in the city, April 1, 2025

STRIKING bin workers in Birmingham rejected the council’s “totally inadequate” offer today.

More than 350 Unite members have been on strike since March 11 over plans to cut a vital waste recycling role.

The union says it will lead to 150 of its members having their pay slashed by up to £8,000 a year.

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